The genius of democracy : fictions of gender and citizenship in the United States, 1860-1945

The genius of democracy : fictions of gender and citizenship in the United States, 1860-1945 /

Victoria Olwell shows how American fiction helped to catalyze democratic models of female genius, especially in the work of such authors as Louisa May Alcott, Henry James, Mary Hunter Austin, Jessie Fauset, and Gertrude Stein.

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Main Author: Olwell, Victoria
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011
Subjects:
Women in literature.
Genius in literature.
Genius.
Women and democracy > United States > History.
Women in public life > United States > History.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
genius (culture-related concept)
genius (creative ability)
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