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A Fanny Fern Reader: Selections by a Pioneering Nineteenth-Century Woman Journalist

A Fanny Fern Reader: Selections by a Pioneering Nineteenth-Century Woman Journalist - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Fanny Fern, Emily E. Vandette (Editor), Emily E. Vandette (Introduction by)Publish date:2024-07-01Pages:308
Language:EnglishPublisher:State University of New York PressISBN-13:9781438498522ISBN-10:1438498527UPC:9781438498522Book Category:Literary Collections, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:American, United States, Women's StudiesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SCCM001V8P
In the middle of the nineteenth century, the highest paid and most famous newspaper writer in the US was a woman known to the world as Fanny Fern, the nom de plume of Sara Payson Willis. A Fanny Fern Reader features a selection of Fern's columns, mostly from her years as a weekly columnist for the New York Ledger, along with an introduction that shares the remarkable story of Fern's perseverance and success as a woman in a male-dominated profession. For readers in her own time, Fern's frank and unbridled social commentary and boldly satirical voice made her a household name. Fern's subversive and witty commentary about social mores, gender roles, childhood, authorship, and family life transcend time and continue to resonate with and entertain readers today. A Fanny Fern Reader is the most extensive collection of Fern's newspaper writings to date and includes several works that have been out of print for over a century, making this author's writing on a wide range of issues accessible for readers within and outside of classrooms and academic settings.
Language:EnglishPublisher:State University of New York PressISBN-13:9781438498522ISBN-10:1438498527UPC:9781438498522Book Category:Literary Collections, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:American, United States, Women's StudiesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SCCM001V8P
Emily E. VanDette is Professor of English at the State University of New York at Fredonia. She is the author of Sibling Romance in American Fiction, 1835-1900 and lives in Fredonia, New York.
Publisher: State University of New York Press

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