Poisonous muse : the female prisoner and the framing of popular authorship in Jacksonian America / Sara L. Crosby.

Author/creator Crosby, Sara Lynn
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016]
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects
Politics and literature--United States. --History. --19th century.
Literature and society--United States. --History. --19th century.
Popular literature--United States. --History and criticism.
Women murderers--United States. --Public opinion. --History. --19th century.
Women murderers in literature.
Women poisoners--United States.
American literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Electronic books.

Contents Introduction: "Let us have poison . . ." women -- Part 1. The romantic poisoner -- The British lamia -- The American lamia -- Part 2. The democratic poisoner -- The partisan poisoner -- The humbug poisoner -- Epilogue: The avenging poisoner.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Crosby, Sara Lynn. Poisonous muse. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016]
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formHistory.
ISBN9781609384043 (electronic bk.)
ISBN1609384040 (electronic bk.)
ISBN(pbk. ; alk. paper)
Stock number22573/ctt20p5dr9 JSTOR

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