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Author:

Crosby, Sara Lynn, author.

Title:

Poisonous muse : the female prisoner and the framing of popular authorship in Jacksonian America / Sara L. Crosby.

Publisher:

University of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Women poisoners--United States.
Women murderers in literature.
Women murderers--United States--History--History--19th century.
Popular literature--United States--History and criticism.
Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.
Politics and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: "Let us have poison . . ." women -- Part 1. The romantic poisoner -- The British lamia -- The American lamia -- Part 2. The democratic poisoner -- The partisan poisoner -- The humbug poisoner -- Epilogue: The avenging poisoner.

ISBN:

1609384032 (pbk)
9781609384036 (pbk)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)919252559

LCCN:

2015028379

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)