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Author:

Smith, Sandra Wilson, author.

Title:

The action-adventure heroine : rediscovering an American literary character, 1697-1895 / Sandra Wilson Smith.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

The University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

vii, 280 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Heroines in literature.
Adventure stories, American--History and criticism.
American literature--18th century--History and criticism.
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.--General.
Adventure stories, American.
American literature.
Heroines in literature.
1700-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"His book probes the action-adventure heroine character in eighteenth and nineteenth-century American literature. Smith analyzes captivity narratives, war narratives, stories of manifest destiny, dime novels, and tales of seduction to reveal a long literary history of female heroes who step into more male-associated roles to win the day. Along the way, Smith examines such authors as Herman Mann, Emerson Bennett, Catherine Maria Sedgewick, Mercy Otis Warren, and Eden Southworth, among others"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1621904091
9781621904090

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1017600112

LCCN:

2017057797

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)