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She Hath Been Reading: Women and Shakespeare Clubs in America

She Hath Been Reading: Women and Shakespeare Clubs in America

Scheil, Katherine West

Hardcover

Literary Criticism19th Century United States HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 080145042X
ISBN13: 9780801450426
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: May 15 2012
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

In the late nineteenth century hundreds of clubs formed across the United States devoted to the reading of Shakespeare. From Pasadena, California, to the seaside town of Camden, Maine; from the isolated farm town of Ottumwa, Iowa, to Mobile, Alabama, on the Gulf coast, Americans were reading Shakespeare in astonishing numbers and in surprising places. Composed mainly of women, these clubs offered the opportunity for members not only to read and study Shakespeare but also to participate in public and civic activities outside the home. In She Hath Been Reading, Katherine West Scheil uncovers this hidden layer of intellectual activity that flourished in American society well into the twentieth century.

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