Donovan, Josephine, 1941-,

New England local color literature : a women's tradition / [print] Josephine Donovan. - New York : F. Ungar Pub. Company, (c)1983. - ix, 158 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Toward the local colorists: a theoretical sketch of their sources -- Toward the local colorists: Early American women's traditions -- Annie Adams Fields and her network of influence -- Harriet Beecher Stowe and the emergence of a female Arcadia -- Rose Terry Cooke: impoverished wives and spirited spinsters -- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: burglars in paradise -- Sarah Orne Jewett and the world of the mothers -- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and the tree of knowledge.



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American literature--History and criticism.--New England
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Women and literature--History--New England--19th century.
Authors, American--Homes and haunts--New England.
Local color in literature.
Realism in literature.
Feminism and literature.

PS243 PS243.D687.N494 1983