Synopses & Reviews
For half a century Lydia Maria Child was a household name in the United States. Hardly a sphere of nineteenth-century life can be found in which Lydia Maria Child did not figure prominently as a pathbreaker. Although best known today for having edited Harriet A. Jacobsandrsquo;s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, she pioneered almost every department of nineteenth-century American lettersandmdash;the historical novel, the short story, childrenandrsquo;s literature, the domestic advice book, womenandrsquo;s history, antislavery fiction, journalism, and the literature of aging. Offering a panoramic view of a nation and culture in flux, this innovative cultural biography (originally published by Duke University Press in 1994) recreates the world as well as the life of a major nineteenth-figure whose career as a writer and social reformer encompassed issues central to American history.
Review
andquot;A monumental scholarly achievement.andquot;andmdash;Joan Hedrick, author of Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life
Review
andquot;The definitive biography of a major figure in American literary and political history.andmdash;Richard Slotkin, author of Gunfighter Nation
Review
andquot;This is a magnificent book. Childandrsquo;s character emerges as a model for what a woman can be.andquot;andmdash;Jane Tompkins, author of West of Everything
Synopsis
Published in 1994, this is a paperback edition edition of a study of the life and writings of literary pioneer, Lydia Maria Child. Her writing made and impact on American life as she addressed the issues of her time: slavery, women’s rights, treatm
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"A monumental scholarly achievement."—Joan Hedrick, author of Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life"The definitive biography of a major figure in American literary and political history.—Richard Slotkin, author of Gunfighter Nation"This is a magnificent book. Child’s character emerges as a model for what a woman can be."—Jane Tompkins, author of West of Everything