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001			on1037831010
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105104.0
008			180131s2018 wvu ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781946684332 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aPS1517 _b.R434 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aHarris, Sharon M., _e1
245	1	0	_aRebecca Harding Davis : _ba Life Among Writers / _cSharon M. Harris.
260			_aMorgantown : _bWest Virginia University Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	0		_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0	0	_aIntro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Southern Roots; Chapter 2: Treason and Fame; Chapter 3: A New Life; Chapter 4: New Ventures; Chapter 5: A National Author; Chapter 6: A Conservative Progressive; Chapter 7: Centennial Celebrations and the Failure of Reconstruction; Chapter 8: Exposing Government Corruption; Chapter 9: An Era of Nonfiction; Images; Chapter 10: ""A Message to be Given; Chapter 11: A Return to Novel-Writing; Chapter 12: War Years; Chapter 13: Transitions; Chapter 14: The Widowed Writer.
505	0	0	_aChapter 15: Final Pages: Richard, Charles, and NoraNotes; Bibliography; Index.
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600	1	0	_aDavis, Rebecca Harding, _d1831-1910 _xFriends and associates.
600	1	0	_aDavis, Rebecca Harding, _d1831-1910 _xFamily.
600	1	0	_aDavis, Rebecca Harding, _d1831-1910.
650		0	_aLiterature and society _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aWomen and literature _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aAuthors, American _y19th century _xHistory.
650		0	_aWomen authors, American _vBiography.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1817395&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell