Boyd, Anne E., 1969-

Writing for Immortality : Women and the Emergence of High Literary Culture in America / Anne E. Boyd. - 1 online resource (326 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Purdue University.

Solving the "old riddle of the Sphinx": discovering the self as artist -- "Prov[ing] Avis in the wrong": the lives of women artists -- "The crown and the thorn of gifted life": Imagining the women artist -- "Recognition is the thing": seeking the status of artist.

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Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894.
Stoddard, Elizabeth, 1823-1902.
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 --Criticism and interpretation.
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911 --Criticism and interpretation.
Stoddard, Elizabeth, 1823-1902 --Criticism and interpretation.
Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894 --Criticism and interpretation.
Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894 --Criticism and interpretation.
Stoddard, Elizabeth, 1823-1902 --Criticism and interpretation.
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911 --Criticism and interpretation.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 --Criticism and interpretation.


Women and literature.
Intellectual life.
Canon (Literature)
American literature--Women authors.
American literature.
Chefs-d'oeuvre (Litterature)
Litterature americaine--Histoire et critique.--19e siecle
Femmes et litterature--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.
Écrits de femmes americains--Histoire et critique.
Canon (Literature)
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Women and literature--History--United States--19th century.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.


United States.
États-Unis--Vie intellectuelle--1865-1918.
United States--Intellectual life--1865-1918.


History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.