A Southern Woman of Letters
The Correspondence of Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
Augusta Jane Evans Wilson (1835-1909) was one of nineteenth-century America's most popular novelists and outspoken supporters of the Confederacy. Her nine novels include the recently reissued Beulah, the stridently pro-Confederate Macaria, and the extremely successful St. Elmo, which rivaled Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur in sales. In addition to writing best-selling books, Wilson was a powerful letter-writer whose correspondents included prominent Confederate leaders. Wilson's epistles, 112 of which are gathered in this volume, reveal the depth of her ambitions for herself and the Confederacy.Wilson worked hard to place herself at the center…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-57003-440-4
- EAN: 9781570034404
- Produktnummer: 1627867
- Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 558 g
- Abbildungen: 12 halftones, 1 line drawing
- Gewicht: 558
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
REBECCA GRANT SEXTON began her college teaching career in 1970, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia. She currently teaches writing to international students at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, Sexton is married and has one daughter; she lives in Morehead.
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