Marietta Holley: Life with Josiah Allen's Wife

by Kate H. Winter

Book Overview

Aims to recover the buried reputation of one of America's most popular writers from 1873 to 1914.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815630883
• ISBN13: 9780815630883
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An engaging biographical look into the intriguing life of Marietta Holley

Marietta Holley: Life With "Josiah Allen's Wife" by Kate H. Winter (English Department Lecturer at the State University of New York at Albany) is an engaging biographical look into the intriguing life of Marietta Holley. This scholarly biographical and literary study deftly explores the historical interests of the popular writer Marietta Holley and many of the secrets that made her life and writing what it became. A very highly recommended read for students of literature, women's studies, and regional American cultural history.