Claiming the pen : women and intellectual life in the early American South /
Kerrison, Catherine,1953-
Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-258)  and index.
Toward an intellectual history of early Southern women -- "The truest kind of breeding" : prescriptive literature in the early South -- Religion, voice, and authority -- Reading novels in the South -- Reading, race, and writing -- The enduring problem of female authorship and authority.
Women
Women
Women authors, American
Women and literature
American literature