A Fanny Fern Reader: Selections by a Pioneering Nineteenth-Century Woman Journalist

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Synopsis
In the middle of the nineteenth century, the highest paid and most famous newspaper writer in the US was a woman known to the world as Fanny Fern, the nom de plume of Sara Payson Willis. A Fanny Fern Reader features a selection of Fern's columns, mostly from her years as a weekly columnist for the New York Ledger, along with an introduction that shares the remarkable story of Fern's perseverance and success as a woman in a male-dominated profession. For readers in her own time, Fern's frank and unbridled social commentary and boldly satirical voice made her a household name. Fern's subversive and witty commentary about social mores, gender roles, childhood, authorship, and family life transcend time and continue to resonate with and entertain readers today. A Fanny Fern Reader is the most extensive collection of Fern's newspaper writings to date and includes several works that have been out of print for over a century, making this author's writing on a wide range of issues accessible for readers within and outside of classrooms and academic settings.
Copyright:
2024

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
308 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781438498539
Related ISBNs:
9781438498522, 9781438498515
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
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Copyrighted By:
State University of New York
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Communication
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Emily E. VanDette
Introduction by:
Emily E. VanDette

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