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Antebellum American women writers and the road : American mobilities / Susan L. Roberson.

Author/creator Roberson, Susan L., 1950-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York ; London : Routledge,
Description191 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 5
Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature 5. ^A1047820
Contents "What hath befallen me": sites of contestation in Sarah Beavis's two narratives of her adventures on the Mississippi River -- "With the wind rocking the wagon": women's narratives of the way West -- The politics of mobility: self and nation in-(between) Margaret Fuller's Summer on the lakes -- "A higher call": mobility, spirituality, and social uplift in the narratives of Maria Stewart and Jarena Lee -- Circulations of body and word: women's slave narratives -- Domesticating the road in the wide world of antebellum women's novels -- Touristic writing by antebellum women sightseers -- Jane Cazneau and Margaret Fuller: the politics of mobility, manifest destiny and revolution.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [172]-186) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010018395
ISBN9780415883542 (hc)
ISBN0415883547 (hc)
ISBN9780203840016 (ebk.)
ISBN0203840011 (ebk.)

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