Crosby, Sara Lynn.
Poisonous muse the female prisoner and the framing of popular authorship in Jacksonian America / [electronic resource] : Sara L. Crosby. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "Let us have poison . . ." women -- Part 1. The romantic poisoner -- The British lamia -- The American lamia -- Part 2. The democratic poisoner -- The partisan poisoner -- The humbug poisoner -- Epilogue: The avenging poisoner.
9781609384043 1609384040
Politics and literature--History--United States--19th century.
Literature and society--History--United States--19th century.
Popular literature--History and criticism.--United States
Women murderers--Public opinion--History--United States--19th century.
Women murderers in literature.
Women poisoners--United States.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Electronic books.
PS217.W64 / C76 2016
810.9/3522
Poisonous muse the female prisoner and the framing of popular authorship in Jacksonian America / [electronic resource] : Sara L. Crosby. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "Let us have poison . . ." women -- Part 1. The romantic poisoner -- The British lamia -- The American lamia -- Part 2. The democratic poisoner -- The partisan poisoner -- The humbug poisoner -- Epilogue: The avenging poisoner.
9781609384043 1609384040
Politics and literature--History--United States--19th century.
Literature and society--History--United States--19th century.
Popular literature--History and criticism.--United States
Women murderers--Public opinion--History--United States--19th century.
Women murderers in literature.
Women poisoners--United States.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Electronic books.
PS217.W64 / C76 2016
810.9/3522