Women vernacular humorists in nineteenth-century America
Subtitle: Ann Stephens, Francis [i.e. Frances] Whitcher, and Marietta Holley
By: Linda A. Morris.
Series: Garland publications in American and English literature
Publisher: Garland Pub.
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Stephens, Ann S. 1813-1886. -- Criticism and interpretation; Whitcher, Frances M., 1814-1852 -- Criticism and interpretation; Holley, Marietta, 1856-1926 -- Criticism and interpretation; American wit and humor -- 19th century -- History and criticism; American wit and humor -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women -- United States -- Humor -- History -- 19th century; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Dialect literature, American -- History and criticism
Notes: Bibliography: p. 281-288.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1978.