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