Hungry heart
the literary emergence of Julia Ward Howe
by Williams, Gary
Hungry Heart reexamines the early literary career of Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), best remembered as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Combining biographical narrative with textual analysis, Gary Williams reconstructs Howe's emergence as a writer against the backdrop of her deeply troubled marriage to Boston philanthropist Samuel Gridley Howe.
Among her early writings, Williams pays particular attention to Passion-Flowers, a celebrated yet controversial volume of poems published in 1854, as well as to an unpublished 400-page story that features a hermaphrodite as its protagonist. Williams shows how this latter work, startling in its bold exploration of sexual ambiguities, reflects Howe's effort to come to terms with her husband's intimate attachment to the prominent abolitionist Charles Sumner.
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American Authors, Authors, American, Biography, Feminists, History, Women and literature, General, Literary, American, LITERARY CRITICISM, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Howe, julia ward, 1819-1910, American Women authorsPeople
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Hungry heart: the literary emergence of Julia Ward Howe
1999, University of Massachusetts Press
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-268) and index.
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