Kindred Hands, a collection of previously unpublished letters by women
writers, explores the act and art of writing from diverse perspectives
and experiences. The letters illuminate such issues as authorship,
aesthetics, collaboration, inspiration, and authorial intent. By
focusing on letters that deal with authorship, the editors reveal a
multiplicity of perspectives on female authorship that would otherwise
require visits to archives and special collections.Representing some of
the most important female writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries, including transatlantic correspondents, women of color,
canonical writers, regional writers, and women living in the British
empire, Kindred Hands will enliven scholarship on a host of topics,
including reception theory, feminist studies, social history,
composition theory, modernism, and nineteenth-century studies. Moreover,
because it represents previously unpublished primary sources, the
collection will initiate new discussions on race, class, sexuality,
ethnicity, and gender with an eye to writing at the turn of the
twentieth century.The WritersMary Elizabeth Braddon, Mary Cholmondeley,
Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright [George Egerton], Rhoda Broughton, Marie
Corelli, Rebecca Harding Davis, Mary Abigail Dodge [Gail Hamilton],
Jessie Redmon Fauset, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Mary St. Leger
Kingsley Harrison [Lucas Malet], Annesley Kenealy, Palma Pederson,
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henrietta Stannard, Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Rosamund Marriott Watson [Graham R. Tomson]
