Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-318) and index.
Contents:
Literacy and literature in nineteenth-century America -- New England authors and the genre's social role -- Cross-class teaching and domesticated instruction -- Uncle Tom's Cabin as a domestic literacy narrative -- Frances Harper's literacy program for racial uplift -- Missionary motherhood.
Series:
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
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