A Law Unto Herself - Couverture souple

Davis, Rebecca Harding

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803238142 ISBN 13 : 9780803238145

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2015

Synopsis

A scathing critique of the legal status of women and their property rights in nineteenth-century America, Rebecca Harding Davis's 1878 novel A Law Unto Herself chronicles the experiences of Jane Swendon, a seemingly naïve and conventional nineteenth-century protagonist struggling to care for her elderly father with limited financial resources. In order to continue care, Jane seeks to secure her rightful inheritance despite the efforts of her cousin and later her husband, a greedy man who has tricked her father into securing her hand in marriage.

Appealing to middle-class literary tastes of the age, A Law Unto Herself elucidated for a broad general audience the need for legal reforms regarding divorce, mental illness, inheritance, and reforms to the Married Women's Property Laws. Through three fascinating female characters, the novel also invites readers to consider evolving gender roles during a time of cultural change.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910) built a career spanning nearly half a century from her apprenticeship newspaper work for the Wheeling (WV) Intelligencer in the 1850s to her last published short story at the time of her death. She is best known for the publication of her novella Life in the Iron-Mills (1861) in the Atlantic Monthly.

Alicia Mischa Renfroe is an associate professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803238142
• ISBN 13: 9780803238145
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 234
• Éditeur: Renfroe Alicia Mischa
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