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Poisonous muse : the female poisoner and the framing of popular authorship in Jacksonian America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crosby, Sara Lynn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016]
Subjects:
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women poisoners > United States.
Women murderers in literature.
Women murderers > United States > Public opinion > History > 19th century.
Popular literature > United States > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Let us have poison . . ." women
  • Part 1. The romantic poisoner
  • The British lamia
  • The American lamia
  • Part 2. The democratic poisoner
  • The partisan poisoner
  • The humbug poisoner
  • Epilogue: The avenging poisoner.