Susan S Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3629606 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan S Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan S |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Peter John Brownlee, The Commerce of Vision
Family and Fortune
This article examines Louisa May Alcott's The Inheritance and Little Women in the context of mid-nineteenth century inheritance laws and Alcott's biography. Focusing in particular on Alcott's depiction of widowed aunts, it argues that these works expand definitions of family while also advocating using wealth for social good within and across generations
Selling Andrew Jackson
Selling Andrew Jackson: Ralph E. W. Earl and the Politics of Portraiture Selling Andrew Jackson: Ralph E. W. Earl and the Politics of Portraiture. By Rachel Stephens. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2018. xiv, 232 pp. $39.99.) Susan S. Williams Susan S. Williams Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 106, Issue 2, September 2…
Hawthorne and the Visual Arts
The Unbearable Weight of Truth
The pursuit of hidden truth and the subtle lies we tell ourselves, the barriers or iron curtains erected that impede a deeper connection to ourselves, others, and the ineffable world of spirit, are themes addressed in this article through the character Carrie Mathieson (Claire Danes), a CIA operative in the Showtime series Homeland. Carrie, who suffers from a bipolar disorder, has the gift of uncanny knowing. She is a “shamanic-like” figure who i…
The Camera and the Press
At the conclusion of The Camera and the Press Marcy J. Dinius provocatively suggests that the humanities are “currently being remediated as media studies” (p. 238). As part of this scholarly trend, Dinius's book focuses on the way that various printed texts mediated nineteenth-century experiences of the daguerreotype, the earliest form of photography. Dinius counters the recent scholarly interest in oral culture, particularly in the study of Afri…
Literary Dollars and Social Sense
Journal Article Literary Dollars and Social Sense: A People's History of the Mass Market Book Get access Literary Dollars and Social Sense: A People's History of the Mass Market Book. By Zboray Ronald J. and Zboray Mary Saracino. (London: Routledge, 2005. xxx, 325 pp. Cloth, $65.00, isbn0-415-98984-X. Paper, $32.95, isbn0-415-97248-5.) Susan S. Williams Susan S. Williams Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on…
Confounding Images
The Viper on the Hearth
"Promoting an Extensive Sale"
M ARIA Susanna Cummins's novel The Lamplighter (1854) is best remembered today as occasion for Nathaniel Hawthorne's infamous diatribe against women writers. America is now wholly given over to a dd mob of scribbling Hawthorne wrote to his publisher William D. Ticknor in 1855. What is of these editions of The Lamplighter, and other books neither better nor worse?' Several weeks later Hawthorne modified his position somewhat when he praised Fanny …
Widening the World
SUE, I BELIEVE IF YOU WOULD TRY, YOU COULD WRITE A STORY. Thus, according to her sister Anna, did Warner's Aunt Fanny unceremoniously suggest that she write a novel. Anna then qualified this anecdote: Whether she added 'that would sell,' I am not sure; of course that was what she meant.' The less pragmatic version of this account appeals to the image of Warner as a sentimental novelist. It seems appropriate to locate the genesis of her authorship…
Literary Dollars and Social Sense
Journal Article Literary Dollars and Social Sense: A People's History of the Mass Market Book Get access Literary Dollars and Social Sense: A People's History of the Mass Market Book. By Zboray Ronald J. and Zboray Mary Saracino. (London: Routledge, 2005. xxx, 325 pp. Cloth, $65.00, isbn0-415-98984-X. Paper, $32.95, isbn0-415-97248-5.) Susan S. Williams Susan S. Williams Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on…
Confounding Images
The Viper on the Hearth
The Camera and the Press
At the conclusion of The Camera and the Press Marcy J. Dinius provocatively suggests that the humanities are “currently being remediated as media studies” (p. 238). As part of this scholarly trend, Dinius's book focuses on the way that various printed texts mediated nineteenth-century experiences of the daguerreotype, the earliest form of photography. Dinius counters the recent scholarly interest in oral culture, particularly in the study of Afri…
Widening the World
SUE, I BELIEVE IF YOU WOULD TRY, YOU COULD WRITE A STORY. Thus, according to her sister Anna, did Warner's Aunt Fanny unceremoniously suggest that she write a novel. Anna then qualified this anecdote: Whether she added 'that would sell,' I am not sure; of course that was what she meant.' The less pragmatic version of this account appeals to the image of Warner as a sentimental novelist. It seems appropriate to locate the genesis of her authorship…
Widening the World
SUE, I BELIEVE IF YOU WOULD TRY, YOU COULD WRITE A STORY. Thus, according to her sister Anna, did Warner's Aunt Fanny unceremoniously suggest that she write a novel. Anna then qualified this anecdote: Whether she added 'that would sell,' I am not sure; of course that was what she meant.' The less pragmatic version of this account appeals to the image of Warner as a sentimental novelist. It seems appropriate to locate the genesis of her authorship…
"Promoting an Extensive Sale"
M ARIA Susanna Cummins's novel The Lamplighter (1854) is best remembered today as occasion for Nathaniel Hawthorne's infamous diatribe against women writers. America is now wholly given over to a dd mob of scribbling Hawthorne wrote to his publisher William D. Ticknor in 1855. What is of these editions of The Lamplighter, and other books neither better nor worse?' Several weeks later Hawthorne modified his position somewhat when he praised Fanny …
The Viper on the Hearth
Confounding Images
Literary Dollars and Social Sense
Journal Article Literary Dollars and Social Sense: A People's History of the Mass Market Book Get access Literary Dollars and Social Sense: A People's History of the Mass Market Book. By Zboray Ronald J. and Zboray Mary Saracino. (London: Routledge, 2005. xxx, 325 pp. Cloth, $65.00, isbn0-415-98984-X. Paper, $32.95, isbn0-415-97248-5.) Susan S. Williams Susan S. Williams Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on…
The Camera and the Press
At the conclusion of The Camera and the Press Marcy J. Dinius provocatively suggests that the humanities are “currently being remediated as media studies” (p. 238). As part of this scholarly trend, Dinius's book focuses on the way that various printed texts mediated nineteenth-century experiences of the daguerreotype, the earliest form of photography. Dinius counters the recent scholarly interest in oral culture, particularly in the study of Afri…
The Unbearable Weight of Truth
The pursuit of hidden truth and the subtle lies we tell ourselves, the barriers or iron curtains erected that impede a deeper connection to ourselves, others, and the ineffable world of spirit, are themes addressed in this article through the character Carrie Mathieson (Claire Danes), a CIA operative in the Showtime series Homeland. Carrie, who suffers from a bipolar disorder, has the gift of uncanny knowing. She is a “shamanic-like” figure who i…
Hawthorne and the Visual Arts
Selling Andrew Jackson
Selling Andrew Jackson: Ralph E. W. Earl and the Politics of Portraiture Selling Andrew Jackson: Ralph E. W. Earl and the Politics of Portraiture. By Rachel Stephens. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2018. xiv, 232 pp. $39.99.) Susan S. Williams Susan S. Williams Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 106, Issue 2, September 2…
Peter John Brownlee, The Commerce of Vision
Family and Fortune
This article examines Louisa May Alcott's The Inheritance and Little Women in the context of mid-nineteenth century inheritance laws and Alcott's biography. Focusing in particular on Alcott's depiction of widowed aunts, it argues that these works expand definitions of family while also advocating using wealth for social good within and across generations
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