| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Rebecca Harding Davis is best known for her gritty short story "Life in the Iron-Mills," set in her native Wheeling, West Virginia. Far less is known of her later career among elite social circles in Philadelphia, New York, and Europe, or her relationships with American presidents and leading international figures in the worlds of literature and the stage. In the first book-length biography of Davis, Sharon M. Harris traces the extraordinary life of this pioneering realist and recovers her status as one of America's notable women journalists. Harris also examines Rebecca's role as the leading member of the Davis family, a unique and nationally recognized family of writers that shaped the changing culture of later nineteenth-century literature and journalism. This accessible treatment of Davis's life, based on deep research in archival sources, provides new perspective on topics ranging from sectional tensions in the border South to the gendered world of nineteenth-century publishing. It promises to be the authoritative treatment of an important figure in the literary history of West Virginia and the wider world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Southern Roots -- Treason and Fame -- A New Life -- New Ventures -- A National Author -- A Conservative Progressive -- Centennial Celebrations and the Failure of Reconstruction -- Exposing Government Corruption -- An Era of Nonfiction -- Images -- "A Message to be Given" -- A Return to Novel-Writing -- War Years -- Transitions -- The Widowed Writer -- Final Pages: Richard, Charles, and Nora. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910 -- Friends and associates.
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Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910. |
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Friends and associates. |
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Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910 -- Family.
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Families. |
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Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910.
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Literature and society -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and society. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature. |
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United States. |
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- History.
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Authors, American. |
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Women authors, American -- Biography.
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Women authors, American -- Biography. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harris, Sharon M. Rebecca Harding Davis : a life among writers. Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2018 506 pages 9781946684301 (DLC) 2018000765 |
| ISBN |
9781946684332 (electronic book) |
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1946684333 (electronic book) |
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1946684333 |
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9781946684301 (hardback) |
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1946684309 |
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