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portada The Hermaphrodite (Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers)
Type
Physical Book
Illustrated by
Introduction by
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.6x15x1.5 cm
Weight
0.36 kg.
ISBN
0803218877
ISBN13
9780803218871
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The Hermaphrodite (Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers)

Gary Williams (Illustrated by, Introduction by) · University of Nebraska Press · Paperback

The Hermaphrodite (Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers) - Howe, Julia Ward ; Williams, Gary ; Williams, Gary

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Synopsis "The Hermaphrodite (Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers) "

Written in the 1840s and published here for the first time, Julia Ward Howe's novel about a hermaphrodite is unlike anything of its time-or, in truth, of our own. Narrated by Laurence, who is raised and lives as a man and is loved by men and women alike, yet can respond to neither, this unconventional story explores the realization "that fervent hearts must borrow the disguise of art, if they would win the right to express, in any outward form, the internal fire that consumes them." Laurence describes his repudiation by his family, his involvement with an attractive widow, his subsequent wanderings and eventual attachment to a sixteen-year-old boy, his own tutelage by a Roman nobleman and his sisters, and his ultimate reunion with his early love. His is a story unique in nineteenth-century American letters, at once a remarkable reflection of a largely hidden inner life and a richly imagined tale of coming-of-age at odds with one's culture. Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) is best remembered as the poet who wrote the words to "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Her literary fame was augmented by her eventual role as an activist for women's rights and her efforts to mobilize women for various peace efforts. Gary Williams is a professor of English at the University of Idaho and the author of Hungry Heart: The Literary Emergence of Julia Ward Howe.

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