Narrative in the Professional Age: Transatlantic Readings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, and George Eliot

by Cognard-Black,Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9780415969949
• ISBN10: 0415969948
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Challenging previous studies that claim anxiety and antagonism between transatlantic Victorian authors, Jennifer Cognard-Black uncovers a model of reciprocal influence among three of the most popular women writers of the era. Combining analyses of personal correspondence and print culture with close readings of key narratives, this study presents an original history of transatlantic authorship that examines how these writers invented a collaborative aesthetics both within and against the dominant discourse of professionalism.

Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS	ix
LIST OF CITED COLLECTIONS	xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	xiii
INTRODUCTION	3	(24)
CHAPTER ONE "You Are as Thoroughly Woman as You Are English": Strong Femininity and the Making of George Eliot	27	(36)
CHAPTER TWO "The Wild and Distracted Call for Proof": Harriet Beecher Stowe's Lady Byron Vindicated and the New Professionalism	63	(24)
CHAPTER THREE "A More Living Interest": George Eliot's Daniel Deronda and the Politics of American Reception	87	(30)
CHAPTER FOUR "Proclaiming the Royal Lineage to the Average Mind": High-Art Aesthetics, the Novel, and Competing Femininities in Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's The Story of Avis	117	(32)
AFTERWORD	149	(2)
NOTES	151	(42)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	193	(12)
INDEX	205