"I Thought From the Way You Writ, That You Were a Great Six-Footer of a Woman: Gender and Public Voice in Fanny Fern's Newspaper Essays" by Laura Laffrado

Contribution to Book

I Thought From the Way You Writ, That You Were a Great Six-Footer of a Woman: Gender and Public Voice in Fanny Fern's Newspaper Essays

In Her Own Voice: Nineteenth-Century American Women Essayists (1997)

Laura Laffrado, Western Washington University

Abstract

This is one of nine essays offering thoughtful analyses of 19th-century nonfiction writing by women, examining the writers themselves, their work, and their careers, and adding an important element to critical understanding of women's literary history.

Keywords

Fanny Fern

Disciplines

Publication Date

1997

Editor

Sherry Lee Linkon

Publisher

Garland Publishing

Series

Gender & Genre in Literature

Publisher Statement

Garland Reference Library of the Humanities; Gender & Genre in Literature ; v. 9.

Citation Information

Laura Laffrado. "I Thought From the Way You Writ, That You Were a Great Six-Footer of a Woman: Gender and Public Voice in Fanny Fern's Newspaper Essays" New YorkIn Her Own Voice: Nineteenth-Century American Women Essayists Vol. 9 (1997) p. 81 - 96
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/laura-laffrado/14/