Woman Behind the Lens: The Life and Work of Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1864-1952

by Bettina Berch

Book Overview

For The Woman behind the Lens, Berch has had to ferret out the nature of Johnston's relationship with Mattie Edwards Hewitt.... Interpreting their letters' sentiments, the biographer writes, 'is hardly straightforward. Some scholars advise us to understand all the romantic outpourings between nineteenth-century women as expressions of female friendship, rather than sexual passion. Others are more inclined to see such writings as a clue to a greater,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813920094
• ISBN13: 9780813920092
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher