The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe
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The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe by Of English Elaine Showalter
Unfailingly vivid--and fair-minded --The AtlanticRiveting --The New York Times Book Review
A biography with the verve and pace of a delicious novel...a polemic and a pleasure. --The Boston Globe The first biography to reveal Julia Ward Howe--the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic--as a feminist pioneer who fought her own battle for creative freedom and independence. Julia Ward (1819-1910) was a heiress and aspiring poet when she married Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an internationally-acclaimed pioneer in the education of the blind. Together the Howes knew many of the key figures of their era, from Charles Dickens to John Brown. But he also wasted her inheritance, isolated and discouraged her, and opposed her literary ambitions. Julia persisted, and continued to publish poems and plays while raising six children. Authorship of the Battle Hymn of the Republic made her celebrated and revered. But Julia was also continuing to fight a civil war at home; she became a pacifist, suffragist, and world traveler. She came into her own as a tireless campaigner for women's rights and social reform. Esteemed author Elaine Showalter tells the story of Howe's determined self-creation and brings to life the society she inhabited and the obstacles she overcame.
Showalter, Elaine: - Elaine Showalter, Emeritus Professor of English at Princeton University, combines scholarly expertise in English and American literature with a passion for a wide range of cultural subjects. She has written ten books, most recently The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography and A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx, which was awarded the Truman Capote Prize for Literary Criticism. Her writing has appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, People, and Vogue.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781451645903 |
| ISBN 10 | 1451645902 |
| Title | The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe |
| Author | Of English Elaine Showalter |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2016-03-08 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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