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Mary Edwards Bryan : her early life and works /

Mary Edwards Bryan, a Victorian-era southern woman, was an influential and well-respected writer during her time. Brown and Rivers hope to reintroduce her to the world with this "literary" biography --

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brown, Canter (Author), Rivers, Larry E., 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Subjects:
Bryan, Mary E. > (Mary Edwards), > 1838-1913.
Bryan, Mary E. > (Mary Edwards), > 1838-1913 > Criticism and interpretation.
Women authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Southern States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "Fictitious prosperity": Florida, to 1842
  • "More poetical than true" : Florida, 1842-1850
  • "A shrinking timidity" : Georgia, 1850-1854
  • "The sleuth-hound of slander": Louisiana, 1854-1855
  • "A vent for ... abundant energies": Georgia, 1854-1858
  • "A harvest of fame": Georgia, 1859-1860
  • "The delusions of hope" : Louisiana, 1860-1863
  • "Hushed as an awe-stricken child": Georgia, 1863
  • "When at last the 'cruel war was over'": Louisiana, 1863-1868
  • "A whirlwind accompanied all this": Florida, 1868
  • "Regretting that we did not choose the other way": Louisiana, 1869-1875
  • "I am a bit of a pharisee": Georgia, 1875-1880
  • Afterword: "Sensational and dramatic enough": 1880-1913.

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