Managing literacy, mothering America
Subtitle: women's narratives on reading and writing in the nineteenth century
By: Sarah Robbins.
Series: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Literacy -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 19th century.; Women -- United States -- Intellectual life.; Books and reading in literature.; Motherhood in literature.; Authorship in literature.; Women in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-318) and index.