Parlor Radical: Rebecca Harding Davis and the Origins of American Social Realism

by Jean Pfaelzer

Book Overview

Rebecca Harding Davis was a prominent author of radical social fiction during the latter half of the nineteenth century. In stories that combine realism with sentimentalism, Davis confronted a wide range of contemporary American issues, giving voice to working women, prostitutes, wives seeking divorce, celibate utopians, and female authors. Davis broke down distinctions between the private and the public worlds, distinctions that trapped women in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822956543
• ISBN13: 9780822956549
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"