The Witch, the Neophyte, and the Snoop
Writing informally in a personal essay mode, the author describes his first encounter with Julia Ward Howe’s manuscript collections at Harvard’s Houghton Library in the early 1990s. He then moves ahead to a research residence in 2014 when he read Howe’s works from the 1860s, in particular a travel n...
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European journal of American studies
2024
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| Summary: | Writing informally in a personal essay mode, the author describes his first encounter with Julia Ward Howe’s manuscript collections at Harvard’s Houghton Library in the early 1990s. He then moves ahead to a research residence in 2014 when he read Howe’s works from the 1860s, in particular a travel narrative called From the Oak to the Olive. Close reading of this work uncovers intriguing stylistic connections between Howe and her daughter, Laura Richards. |
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