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Poisonous muse [electronic resource] :the female prisoner and the framing of popular authorship in Jacksonian America / Sara L. Crosby.

By: Crosby, Sara Lynn.
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781609384043; 1609384040.Subject(s): Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism | Women murderers -- Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Women murderers in literature | Women poisoners -- United States | American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 810.9/3522 Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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