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19 Visions of a Reconstructed America: The Freedmen s Book and A Romance of the Republic
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Carolyn L. Karcher
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Preface and Acknowledgments xi
- Chronology of Lydia Maria Child xix
- Abbreviations xxvi
- Prologue: A Passion for Books 1
- 1 The Author of Hobomok 16
- 2 Rebels and "Rivals": Self Portraits of a Conflicted Young Artist 38
- 3 The Juvenile Miscellany: The Creation of an American Children's Literature 57
- 4 A Marriage of True Minds: Espousing the Indian Cause 80
- 5 Blighted Prospects: Indian Fiction and Domestic Reality 101
- 6 The Frugal Housewife: Financial Worries and Domestic Advice 126
- 7 Children's Literature and Antislavery: Conservative Medium, Radical Message 151
- 8 "The First Woman in the Republic" An Antislavery Baptism 173
- 9 An Antislavery Marriage: Careers at Cross-Purposes 195
- 10 The Condition of Women: Double Binds, Unresolved Conflicts 214
- 11 Schisms, Personal and Political 249
- 12 The National Anti-Slavery Standard: Family Newspaper or Factional Organ? 267
- 13 Letters from New York: The'Invention of a New Literary Genre 295
- 14 Sexuality and Marriage in Fact and Fiction 320
- 15 The Progress of Religious Ideas: A "Pilgrimage of Penance" 356
- 16 Autumnal Leaves: Reconsecrated Partnerships, Personal and Political 384
- 17 The Example of John Brown 416
- 18 Child's Civil War 443
- 19 Visions of a Reconstructed America: The Freedmen s Book and A Romance of the Republic 487
- 20 A Radical Old Age 532
- 21 Aspirations of the World 573
- Afterword 608
- Notes 617
- Works of Lydia Maria Child 757
- Index 773
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Preface and Acknowledgments xi
- Chronology of Lydia Maria Child xix
- Abbreviations xxvi
- Prologue: A Passion for Books 1
- 1 The Author of Hobomok 16
- 2 Rebels and "Rivals": Self Portraits of a Conflicted Young Artist 38
- 3 The Juvenile Miscellany: The Creation of an American Children's Literature 57
- 4 A Marriage of True Minds: Espousing the Indian Cause 80
- 5 Blighted Prospects: Indian Fiction and Domestic Reality 101
- 6 The Frugal Housewife: Financial Worries and Domestic Advice 126
- 7 Children's Literature and Antislavery: Conservative Medium, Radical Message 151
- 8 "The First Woman in the Republic" An Antislavery Baptism 173
- 9 An Antislavery Marriage: Careers at Cross-Purposes 195
- 10 The Condition of Women: Double Binds, Unresolved Conflicts 214
- 11 Schisms, Personal and Political 249
- 12 The National Anti-Slavery Standard: Family Newspaper or Factional Organ? 267
- 13 Letters from New York: The'Invention of a New Literary Genre 295
- 14 Sexuality and Marriage in Fact and Fiction 320
- 15 The Progress of Religious Ideas: A "Pilgrimage of Penance" 356
- 16 Autumnal Leaves: Reconsecrated Partnerships, Personal and Political 384
- 17 The Example of John Brown 416
- 18 Child's Civil War 443
- 19 Visions of a Reconstructed America: The Freedmen s Book and A Romance of the Republic 487
- 20 A Radical Old Age 532
- 21 Aspirations of the World 573
- Afterword 608
- Notes 617
- Works of Lydia Maria Child 757
- Index 773