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Aims to recover the buried reputation of one of America's most popular writers from 1873 to 1914.

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Backed by Mark Twain's publisher, she drew on the vernacular humor tradition to create a sympathetic comic woman who hid behind the deliberately self-effacing mask of 'Josiah Allen's Wife.' In 21 books between 1873 and 1914, she turned her pragmatic gaze on sex, race, religion, politics, foreign policy, and genteel values; she propagandized for votes, temperance, and feminism." - Library Journal

"Excellently researched and well written.... Marietta Holley has at last a chance of regaining her place in a tradition she helped to create."" - Modern Fiction Studies

Marietta Holley Life with Josiah Allens Wife

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      Publisher: MP-SYR Syracuse University P
      Publication Date: 10/31/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815630883, 978-0815630883
      ISBN10: 0815630883

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Aims to recover the buried reputation of one of America's most popular writers from 1873 to 1914.

      Trade Review
      Backed by Mark Twain's publisher, she drew on the vernacular humor tradition to create a sympathetic comic woman who hid behind the deliberately self-effacing mask of 'Josiah Allen's Wife.' In 21 books between 1873 and 1914, she turned her pragmatic gaze on sex, race, religion, politics, foreign policy, and genteel values; she propagandized for votes, temperance, and feminism." - Library Journal

      "Excellently researched and well written.... Marietta Holley has at last a chance of regaining her place in a tradition she helped to create."" - Modern Fiction Studies

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