Table of Contents: Doing literary business :

Main Author:	Coultrap-McQuin, Susan Margaret.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1990.
Series:	Gender & American culture
Subjects:	Women and literature > History > 19th century. > United States American literature > Women authors > History and criticism. American literature > History and criticism. > 19th century Authors and publishers > History > 19th century. > United States Literature publishing > History > 19th century. > United States Authorship > History > 19th century. Femmes et littérature > Histoire > 19e siècle. > États-Unis Littérature américaine > Histoire et critique. > 19e siècle Écrivains et éditeurs > Histoire > 19e siècle. > États-Unis Littérature > Édition > 19e siècle. > États-Unis > Histoire Art d'écrire > Histoire > 19e siècle. Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. American literature. American literature > Women authors. Authors and publishers. Authorship. Literature publishing. Vrouwelijke auteurs. Frau. United States. USA.
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Table of Contents:

Why try a writing career?: the ambiguous cultural context for women writers of the mid-nineteenth century
Gentlemen and ladies: ideals and economics in the literary marketplace
The place of gender in business: the career of E.D.E.N. Southworth
The impact of domestic feminism: Harriet Beecher Stowe's mature career
The battle for a fair marketplace: Mary Abigail Dodge versus James T. Fields
"Very serious literary labor": the career of Helen Hunt Jackson
The demise of feminine strength: the career of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Ward)
A final word: literary professionalism and women.