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082 _a820.9928 WEB
100 _aWeber, Brenda R.
245 _aWomen and Literary Celebrity in the Nineteenth Century
_b: the transatlantic production of fame and gender
_c/ Brenda R Weber
260 _aFarnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT
_b : Ashgate,
_c ©2012.
300 _axiv, 259 pages
_c24cm
365 _b4957
365 _b5033
490 _aAshgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies.
505 _aCover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Reconstructing Charlotte; 3 "Great genius breaks all bonds"; 4 Correcting the Record, Creating a New One; 5 The Text as Child; Conclusion; Afterword; Works Cited; Index.
520 _a Focusing on representations of women's literary celebrity in nineteenth-century nonfiction and fiction, Weber examines the transatlantic cultural politics of gender, sex and the body. Looking at discursive patterns and texts by authors like Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fanny Fern, Margaret Oliphant and Eliza Potter that feature successful woman writers, Weber argues that discursive representations of the legitimately famous woman used celebrity as a tactic for altering perceptions about femininity and female identity
650 _aEnglish
650 _aEnglish and Old English literatures
650 _aEnglish and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures
650 _aEnglish literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
650 _aAmerican literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
650 _aFame -- History -- 19th century.
650 _aSex role -- History -- 19th century.
650 _aWomen authors -- Biography -- History and criticism.
700 _aWeber, Brenda R
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