Constance Fenimore Woolson's Subversive Politics

This book explores how Constance Fenimore Woolson engaged in debates on nineteenth-century political topics, challenging traditional gender boundaries and addressing important issues such as monetary policy, racial justice, and women's rights. Her innovative techniques and political concerns inspire scholars to reread and reanalyze her work to understand her compelling allegories and satires.

Format: Hardback
Length: 230 pages
Publication date: 15 June 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

This groundbreaking study delves into the remarkable involvement of Constance Fenimore Woolson in the discussions surrounding nineteenth-century political topics traditionally considered the domain of men. She offered her insightful perspectives on the most pressing issues of her era, encompassing monetary policy, post-Reconstruction legal decisions, racial justice and interracial marriage, women's rights, religious hypocrisy, environmental degradation, destabilizing international developments, and the moral character of the nation. The innovative essays included in this book shed light on Woolson's artistic techniques and the political concerns that fueled her intricate and multifaceted writing, inspiring scholars to embark on a rereading and reanalysis of her oeuvre in order to fully comprehend the compelling allegories and satires she crafted. Through her pioneering oppositional, intertextual, and referential approaches, Woolson was able to engage in contentious political conversations about significant nineteenth-century issues, often challenging prevailing narratives and making her work simultaneously political commentary and fiction.

Weight: 494g
Dimension: 240 x 159 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666921533