Grief and Genre in American Literature 17901870 by Desiree Henderson PAPERBACK

Name: Grief and Genre in American Literature 17901870 by Desiree Henderson PAPERBACK
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Focusing on the role of genre in the formation of dominant conceptions of death and dying, Desir\u00E9e Henderson examines literary texts and social spaces in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America. Henderson's study shows that an author's use or rejection of the conventions of memorial literature speaks to their positions within debates about gender, national identity and citizenship, the consequences of slavery, the nature of democratic representation, and structures of authorship and literary authority. > Focusing on the role of genre in the formation of dominant conceptions of death and dying, Desir\u00E9e Henderson examines literary texts and social spaces devoted to death and mourning in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America. Henderson shows how William Hill Brown, Susanna Rowson, and Hannah Webster borrowed from and challenged funeral sermon conventions in their novelistic portrayals of the deaths of fallen women; contrasts the eulogies for George Washington with W.