Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction. Highly wrought style
- 1 Florid fantasies: Fuller, Stephens, and the “other” language of flowers
- 2 Sensing the soul: mesmerism, feminism, and highly wrought fiction
- 3 Harriet Prescott Spofford's philosophy of composition
- 4 Pauline Hopkins' baroque folds: the styled form of Winona
- Coda: The value of ornament: Gilman and Wharton
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction. Highly wrought style
- 1 Florid fantasies: Fuller, Stephens, and the “other” language of flowers
- 2 Sensing the soul: mesmerism, feminism, and highly wrought fiction
- 3 Harriet Prescott Spofford's philosophy of composition
- 4 Pauline Hopkins' baroque folds: the styled form of Winona
- Coda: The value of ornament: Gilman and Wharton
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010