Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-238) and index.
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pt. 1. The anger paradigm: theories and contexts. Anger as analysis and aesthetic in American women's literature -- Using the anger paradigm: the antebellum period as case study -- Suppressing treasonous anger: nation-building and gendered ideologies of anger in antebellum America -- pt. 2. Anger in the house and in the text: four case studies. Anger, exile, and restitution in Lydia Maria Child's Hobomok -- Maria W. Stewart's inspired wrath -- Masking anger as it is spoken: Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall -- The text as courtroom: judgment, vengeance, and punishment in Harriet Wilson's Our Nig.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this study, Linda M. Grasso demonstrates that using anger as a mode of analysis and the basis of an aesthetic transforms our understanding of American women's literary history. She explores how black and white 19th-century women writers defined, expressed and dramatized anger.
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Title
Artistry of anger.
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0807826820
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African American women in literature.
American fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
American fiction-- African American authors-- History and criticism.
American fiction-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
Anger in literature.
Feminism and literature-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Feminist fiction, American-- History and criticism.
Social problems in literature.
Women and literature-- United States-- History-- 19th century.