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03570aam a22006138i 4500 001 14962066688611E8A317244297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180605010123 008 180131s2018 wvuacf b s001 0beng 010 $a 2018000765 020 $a 1946684333 020 $a 9781946684332 020 $a 1946684309 020 $a 9781946684301 035 $a (OCoLC)1005110183 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d WVU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS1517 $b .Z67 2018 082 00 $a 813/.4 $2 23 084 $a BIO022000 $a BIO022000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Harris, Sharon M., $e author. 245 10 $a Rebecca Harding Davis : $b a life among writers / $c Sharon M. Harris. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Morgantown : $b West Virginia University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 493 pages, 4 pages of plates : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Rebecca Harding Davis is best known for her gritty short story "Life in the Iron-Mills," set in her native Wheeling, West Virginia. Far less is known of her later career among elite social circles in Philadelphia, New York, and Europe, or her relationships with American presidents and leading international figures in the worlds of literature and the stage. In the first book-length biography of Davis, Sharon M. Harris traces the extraordinary life of this pioneering realist and recovers her status as one of America's notable women journalists. Harris also examines Rebecca's role as the leading member of the Davis family, a unique and nationally recognized family of writers that shaped the changing culture of later nineteenth-century literature and journalism. This accessible treatment of Davis's life, based on deep research in archival sources, provides new perspective on topics ranging from sectional tensions in the border South to the gendered world of nineteenth-century publishing. It promises to be the authoritative treatment of an important figure in the literary history of West Virginia and the wider world"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 10 $a Davis, Rebecca Harding, $d 1831-1910. 600 10 $a Davis, Rebecca Harding, $d 1831-1910 $x Family. 600 10 $a Davis, Rebecca Harding, $d 1831-1910 $x Friends and associates. 600 17 $a Davis, Rebecca Harding, $d 1831-1910. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00018579 650 0 $a Women authors, American $v Biography. 650 0 $a Authors, American $y 19th century $x History. 650 0 $a Women and literature $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Literature and society $x History $y 19th century. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Authors, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00821764 650 7 $a Families. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01728849 650 7 $a Friendship. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00935174 650 7 $a Literature and society. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01000096 650 7 $a Women and literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177093 650 7 $a Women authors, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177210 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019014948.0 952 $l UUAX975 $d 20190410010246.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180703025714.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14962066688611E8A317244297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search