"In an excellent critical introduction, Jean Pfaelzer integrates cultural, historical, and psychological approaches in penetrating readings of Davis's work. She emphasizes how Davis's fictional embrace of the commonplace was instrumental in the demise of American romanticism and in eroding the repressive cultural expectations for women."@en
"In an excellent critical introduction, Jean Pfaelzer integrates cultural, historical, and psychological approaches in penetrating readings of Davis's work. She emphasizes how Davis's fictional embrace of the commonplace was instrumental in the demise of American romanticism and in eroding the repressive cultural expectations for women."
"Rebecca Harding Davis was a prolific writer who published chiefly in popular periodicals over the latter half of the nineteenth century. In tales that combine realism with sentimentalism and in topical essays, Davis confronted a wide range of current issues-notably women's problems-as one who knew the frustration caused by the genteel female's helpless social position and barriers against women entering the working world. In an excellent critical introduction, Jean Pfaelzer integrates cultural, historical, and psychological approaches in penetrating readings of Davis's work. She emphasizes ho..."

"A Rebecca Harding Davis reader : "Life in the iron-mills," selected fiction, & essays"
"A Rebecca Harding Davis Reader : "Life in the iron-mills : Selected fiction : & essays"
"A Rebecca Harding Davis reader : "Life in the iron-mills," selected fiction & essays"
"A Rebecca Harding Davis reader : "Life in the iron-mills", selected fiction, & essays"
"˜Aœ Rebecca Harding Davis Reader "Life in the Iron Mills," Selected Fiction, and Essays"
"A Rebecca Harding Davis reader "Life in the iron-mills," selected fiction & essays"@en