A dowry of suffering: Consent, contract, and political coverture in John W. de Forest's reconstruction romance

American Literary History

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 276-310

  Jackson, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajg020     Document Type: Article

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