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Fanny Fern: Selected Writings

Fanny Fern

出版	Broadview Press, 2023-04-27
主題	Fiction / World Literature / American / 19th Century
ISBN	17704890029781770489004
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4Q68EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

Fanny Fern dominated the New York literary scene in the 1850s, garnering both esteem and, occasionally, derision for her witty and acerbic newspaper columns and literary criticism; her semi-autobiographical novel Ruth Hall, which traces the rise of an intelligent and determined young woman from poverty to prestige through her pursuit of a writing career, was one of America’s most significant early bestsellers. Fern’s use of informal, vibrantly conversational prose and her abundant colloquialisms marked an important shift in the established literary conventions of nineteenth-century fiction and journalism. This compact edition collects some of Fern’s most frequently taught journalism—much of which focuses on the changing roles of women in nineteenth-century America—along with excerpts from Ruth Hall.