"This beautifully crafted book is a landmark in literary and cultural studies. Kate Phillips brings together in this definitive life of Helen Hunt Jackson a variety of challenging issues-feminism, literary history, psychology, social history, biography, intellectual history, anthropology-and the result is a brilliant contribution to the entire field of American studies. "Helen Hunt Jackson: A Literary Life" will have a broad and lasting impact on our understanding of American culture."--Sacvan Bercovitch, Powell M. Cabot ...
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"This beautifully crafted book is a landmark in literary and cultural studies. Kate Phillips brings together in this definitive life of Helen Hunt Jackson a variety of challenging issues-feminism, literary history, psychology, social history, biography, intellectual history, anthropology-and the result is a brilliant contribution to the entire field of American studies. "Helen Hunt Jackson: A Literary Life" will have a broad and lasting impact on our understanding of American culture."--Sacvan Bercovitch, Powell M. Cabot Research Professor of American Literature, Harvard University
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Ex-library with normal library marking, appears unread. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 408 p. Audience: General/trade. Clean internally except the library marking.
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FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. FROM THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM CRONON HISTORY PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.
Helen Hunt Jackson was very familiar of the Mission period in California and also very familiar with the hardships of the Indians attached to the Missions founded by the Franciscans. Ramona, a novel, came out of her knowledge and desire to help the indians. Her book Ramona is a classic and students of history are aware of her contributions to the subject.
