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Canon (Literature) --- Canon (Literatuur) --- Canons littéraires --- Literaire canon --- American literature --- Women and literature --- Classics, Literary --- Literary canon --- Literary classics --- Best books --- Criticism --- Literature --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- Women authors&delete& --- History and criticism --- History --- Alcott, Louisa May, --- Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, --- Stoddard, Elizabeth, --- Woolson, Constance Fenimore, --- Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew (Barstow), --- Barstow, Elizabeth Drew, --- Phelps, E. Stuart --- E. S. P. --- P., E. S. --- Author of Gates ajar, --- Gates ajar, Author of, --- Author of Up hill, --- Up hill, Author of, --- Author of Ellen's idol, --- Ellen's idol, Author of, --- Author of Gypsy series, --- Gypsy series, Author of, --- Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, --- Adams, Mary, --- Olʹkot, Luiza, --- Alkūt, Luwīzā, --- Barnard, A. M., --- Alcott, Louisa M. --- Alcott, L. M. --- Author of Little women, --- Little women, Author of, --- Author of An old-fashioned girl, --- Old-fashioned girl, Author of, --- Author of Little men, --- Little men, Author of, --- Author of Hospital sketches, --- Hospital sketches, Author of, --- Author of Kitty's class-day, --- Kitty's class-day, Author of, --- Author of Moods, --- Moods, Author of, --- Author of Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, --- Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Author of, --- Author of Work, --- Work, Author of, --- Author of Aunt Kipp, --- Aunt Kipp, Author of, --- Author of Eight cousins, --- Eight cousins, Author of, --- Author of Psyche's art, --- Psyche's art, Author of, --- Олкотт, Луиза Мэй, --- אלקוט, לואיזה מיי, --- ألكوت، لويزا مي --- アルコツトルイザメイ, --- オルコツトルイザメイ, --- ルイザメイオルコット, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- United States --- Intellectual life --- Women authors --- 19th century --- Alcott, Amos Bronson --- Criticism and interpretation --- Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart --- Stoddard, Elizabeth Drew Barstow --- Woolson, Constance Fenimore --- 1865-1918 --- Олкотт, Луиза Мэй, --- Alcott, Louisa May --- Alkūt, Luwīzā --- Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Author of --- Aunt Kipp, Author of --- Author of An old-fashioned girl --- Author of Aunt Jo's scrap-bag --- Author of Aunt Kipp --- Author of Eight cousins --- Author of Hospital sketches --- Author of Kitty's class-day --- Author of Little men --- Author of Little women --- Author of Moods --- Author of Psyche's art --- Author of Work --- Barnard, A. M. --- Eight cousins, Author of --- Hospital sketches, Author of --- Kitty's class-day, Author of --- Little men, Author of --- Little women, Author of --- Moods, Author of --- Old-fashioned girl, Author of --- Olʹkot, Luiza --- Psyche's art, Author of --- Work, Author o, --- Олкотт, Луиза Мэй --- History and criticism.

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Before the Civil War, American writers such as Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Harriet Beecher Stowe had established authorship as a respectable profession for women. But though they had written some of the most popular and influential novels of the century, they accepted the taboo against female writers, regarding themselves as educators and businesswomen. During and after the Civil War, some women writers began to challenge this view, seeing themselves as artists writing for themselves and for posterity.Writing for Immortality studies the lives and works of four prominent members of the first generation of American women who strived for recognition as serious literary artists: Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Elizabeth Stoddard, and Constance Fenimore Woolson. Combining literary criticism and cultural history, Anne E. Boyd examines how these authors negotiated the masculine connotation of "artist," imagining a space for themselves in the literary pantheon. Redrawing the boundaries between male and female literary spheres, and between American and British literary traditions, Boyd shows how these writers rejected the didacticism of the previous generation of women writers and instead drew their inspiration from the most prominent "literary" writers of their day: Emerson, James, Barrett Browning, and Eliot.Placing the works and experiences of Alcott, Phelps, Stoddard, and Woolson within contemporary discussions about "genius" and the "American artist," Boyd reaches a sobering conclusion. Although these women were encouraged by the democratic ideals implicit in such concepts, they were equally discouraged by lingering prejudices about their applicability to women.

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Before the Civil War, American writers such as Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Harriet Beecher Stowe had established authorship as a respectable profession for women. But though they had written some of the most popular and influential novels of the century, they accepted the taboo against female writers, regarding themselves as educators and businesswomen. During and after the Civil War, some women writers began to challenge this view, seeing themselves as artists writing for themselves and for posterity.Writing for Immortality studies the lives and works of four prominent members of the first generation of American women who strived for recognition as serious literary artists: Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Elizabeth Stoddard, and Constance Fenimore Woolson. Combining literary criticism and cultural history, Anne E. Boyd examines how these authors negotiated the masculine connotation of "artist," imagining a space for themselves in the literary pantheon. Redrawing the boundaries between male and female literary spheres, and between American and British literary traditions, Boyd shows how these writers rejected the didacticism of the previous generation of women writers and instead drew their inspiration from the most prominent "literary" writers of their day: Emerson, James, Barrett Browning, and Eliot.Placing the works and experiences of Alcott, Phelps, Stoddard, and Woolson within contemporary discussions about "genius" and the "American artist," Boyd reaches a sobering conclusion. Although these women were encouraged by the democratic ideals implicit in such concepts, they were equally discouraged by lingering prejudices about their applicability to women.

Literature: history & criticism --- Literature: history & criticism --- Literature: history & criticism