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