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title	:	Doing Literary Business : American Women Writers in the Nineteenth Century Gender & American Culture
author	:	Coultrap-McQuin, Susan Margaret.
publisher	:	University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0807842842
print isbn13	:	9780807842843
ebook isbn13	:	9780807860892
language	:	English
subject	Women and literature--United States--History--19th century, American literature--Women authors--History and criticism, American literature--19th century--History and criticism, Authors and publishers--United States--History--19th century, Literature publi
publication date	:	1990
lcc	:	PS147.C68 1990eb
ddc	:	810.9/9287/09034
subject	:	Women and literature--United States--History--19th century, American literature--Women authors--History and criticism, American literature--19th century--History and criticism, Authors and publishers--United States--History--19th century, Literature publi

Page i Doing Literary Business

Page ii Gender & American Culture Coeditors Linda K. Kerber Nell Irvin Painter Editorial Advisory Board Nancy Cott Cathy Davidson Thadious Davis Jane DeHart Sara Evans Mary Kelley Annette Kolodny Wendy Martin Janice Radway Barbara Sicherman

Page iii Doing Literary Business American Women Writers in the Nineteenth Century Susan Coultrap-McQuin The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill and London

Page iv 1990 Susan Coultrap-McQuin All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Coultrap-McQuin, Susan Margaret. Doing literary business : American women writers in the nineteenth century / by Susan Coultrap-McQuin. p. cm.(Gender & American culture) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8078-1914-x (alk. paper).ISBN 0-8078-4284-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Women and literatureUnited StatesHistory19th century. 2. American literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism. 3. American literature19th centuryHistory and criticism. 4. Authors and publishersUnited States History19th century. 5. Literature publishingUnited StatesHistory19th century. 6. AuthorshipHistory 19th century. I. Title. II. Series. PS147.C68 1990 810.9'9287'09034dc20 90-12006 CIP The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Manufactured in the United States of America 94 93 92 91 90 5 4 3 2 1

Page v To my parents with gratitude for all you have given me

Page vii Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xv 1 Why Try a Writing Career?: The Ambiguous Cultural Context for Women Writers of the Mid-Nineteenth Century 1 2 Gentlemen and Ladies: Ideals and Economics in the Literary Marketplace 27 3 The Place of Gender in Business: The Career of E.D.E.N. Southworth 49 4 The Impact of Domestic Feminism: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Mature Career 79 5 The Battle for a Fair Marketplace: Mary Abigail Dodge versus James T. Fields 105 6 "Very Serious Literary Labor": The Career of Helen Hunt Jackson 137

Page viii 7 The Demise of Feminine Strength: The Career of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Ward) 167 8 A Final Word: Literary Professionalism and Women 193 Abbreviations 201 Notes 203 Bibliography 229 Index 243

Page ix Illustrations Eminent Women 1 Negotiating with a Publisher 27 E.D.E.N. Southworth 49 Harriet Beecher Stowe 79 Mary Abigail Dodge 105 Helen Hunt Jackson 137 Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Ward)

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