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Uncovering the Widow Figure in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

Description:

This dissertation examines the legal, economic, and social transformations experienced by American widowed women from the Salem Witchcraft Trials to the Civil War to expand how scholars of literature, the law, and American history define women’s citizenship prior to suffrage. Emphasizing literature’s importance to nineteenth-century nation-building during the era of...

Keyword:

nineteenth-century, American literature, coverture, and widow

Subject:

American literature, Women's studies, and American studies

Creator:

Fritz, Meaghan M.

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/12/2020

Date Created:

2018-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14391 and etdadmin_upload_614228