| Description |
368 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-353) and index. |
| Contents |
What's that noise up in the attic? : Brontë breathes new life into dead forms -- All the rage : repressed anger fuels the plot -- A man on horseback : (per)versions of the masculine -- A sentimental education : Susan Warner's The wide, wide world and the Christian crux -- Painful matters : the wide, wide, underworld in Warner's story and its sequel, Elsie Dinsmore -- Whispers from the dark : Louisa May Alcott and the Brontëan connection -- The mad girl in the attic : rebellion as a fine art in Little women -- The glad boy in the castle : Frances Hodgson Burnett and the Brontëan (dis)connection -- The sad girl in the attic : Brontë's little Emma transmigrated as Sara Crewe -- The glad girl in the garden : a rose is more than a rose in Burnett's green world -- Lighting Aladdin's lamp : Kate Douglas Wiggin adds laughter to the sentimental continuity -- Love stories : Jean Webster's epistolary experiment in education and eros -- Kissing Cinderella goodbye : unfairytale elements in Pollyanna and Anne of Green Gables. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- Women authors. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865. Life of Charlotte Brontë.
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Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942. Anne of Green Gables.
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. |
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North America. |
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Appreciation -- North America.
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Warner, Susan, 1819-1885. Wide, wide world.
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Jane Eyre.
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Influence.
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Canadian fiction -- English influences.
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Canadian fiction. |
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American fiction -- English influences.
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American fiction -- English influences. |
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Women and literature -- North America.
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Women and literature. |
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Marginality, Social, in literature.
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Marginality, Social, in literature. |
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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865. Life of Charlotte Brontë. |
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Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942. Anne of Green Gables. |
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Appréciation -- Amérique du Nord. |
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Warner, Susan, 1819-1885. Wide, wide world. |
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Jane Eyre. |
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Influence. |
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Écrits de femmes américains -- Histoire et critique. |
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Femmes dans la littérature. |
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Roman canadien-anglais -- Influence anglaise. |
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Roman américain -- Influence anglaise. |
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Marginalité dans la littérature. |
| ISBN |
0874138868 alkaline paper |
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