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1 online resource (369 pages) |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- "Fictitious prosperity": Florida, to 1842 -- "More poetical than true" : Florida, 1842-1850 -- "A shrinking timidity" : Georgia, 1850-1854 -- "The sleuth-hound of slander": Louisiana, 1854-1855 -- "A vent for ... abundant energies": Georgia, 1854-1858 -- "A harvest of fame": Georgia, 1859-1860 -- "The delusions of hope" : Louisiana, 1860-1863 -- "Hushed as an awe-stricken child": Georgia, 1863 -- "When at last the 'cruel war was over'": Louisiana, 1863-1868 -- "A whirlwind accompanied all this": Florida, 1868 -- "Regretting that we did not choose the other way": Louisiana, 1869-1875 -- "I am a bit of a pharisee": Georgia, 1875-1880 -- Afterword: "Sensational and dramatic enough": 1880-1913. |
| Summary |
Mary Edwards Bryan, a Victorian-era southern woman, was an influential and well-respected writer during her time. Brown and Rivers hope to reintroduce her to the world with this "literary" biography -- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Bryan, Mary E. (Mary Edwards), 1838-1913.
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Bryan, Mary E. (Mary Edwards), 1838-1913 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Women authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Southern States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rivers, Larry E., 1950- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brown, Canter. Mary Edwards Bryan : her early life and works. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015] 9780813061146 |
| ISBN |
9780813061146 |
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9780813055565 (electronic bk.) |
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