Voices of the Nation: Women and Public Speech in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture

by Caroline F. Levander

Book Overview

Throughout the nineteenth century, American authors such as Henry James, William Dean Howells, and Noah Webster displayed a fascination with women's speech--describing how women's voices sound, what... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521102529
• ISBN13: 9780521102520
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"