Antebellum American women writers and the road : American mobilities /: American mobilities. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Susan L. Roberson.
• Other Names: Roberson, Susan L, 1950-
• Contents: "What hath befallen me": sites of contestation in Sarah Beavis's two narratives of her adventures on the Mississippi River -- "With the wind rocking the wagon": women's narratives of the way West -- The politics of mobility: self and nation in-(between) Margaret Fuller's Summer on the lakes -- "A higher call": mobility, spirituality, and social uplift in the narratives of Maria Stewart and Jarena Lee -- Circulations of body and word: women's slave narratives -- Domesticating the road in the wide world of antebellum women's novels -- Touristic writing by antebellum women sightseers -- Jane Cazneau and Margaret Fuller: the politics of mobility, manifest destiny and revolution.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (225 pages)
• Subjects: 810.9355; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors; Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism; American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Travel writing -- History -- 19th century; Travel in literature; Place (Philosophy) in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136888656; 1136888659
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.