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Articles 61 - 77 of 77
Full-Text Articles in American Literature
Review: Don’T Know Where, Don’T Know When, Rebecca Ziegler
Review: Don’T Know Where, Don’T Know When, Rebecca Ziegler
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the middle grade novel "Don’t Know Where, Don’t Know When," by Annette Laing.
Review: Elephant On My Roof, Leslie R. G. Bullington
Review: Elephant On My Roof, Leslie R. G. Bullington
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the children's book "Elephant on My Roof," by Erin Harris.
Review: The Messy Monkey Tea Party, Tracy Walker
Review: The Messy Monkey Tea Party, Tracy Walker
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the children's book "The Messy Monkey Tea Party," by Cheri Bivin Deich.
Review: Down Town, Patrice Prevost
Review: Down Town, Patrice Prevost
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the novel "Down Town," by Ferrol Sams.
Review: Thirteen Moons, Tim Wojcik
Review: Thirteen Moons, Tim Wojcik
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the novel "Thirteen Moons," by Charles Frazier.
Review: Between, Georgia, Verely Sue Dotson
Review: Between, Georgia, Verely Sue Dotson
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the novel "Between, Georgia," by Joshilyn Jackson.
Review: Agnes And Me, Lee Ann Cline
Review: Agnes And Me, Lee Ann Cline
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the novel "Agnes and Me," by Jerry Gollihar.
Review: The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians, Lory Cox
Review: The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians, Lory Cox
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the children's book "The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians," by Carla Morris and illustrated by Brad Sneed.
Review: The Rainforest Grew All Around, Lora Mirza
Review: The Rainforest Grew All Around, Lora Mirza
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the children's book "The Rainforest Grew All Around," by Susan K. Mitchell and illustrated by Connie McLennan.
Review: Turtle Summer: A Journal For My Daughter, Evelyne Lamar
Review: Turtle Summer: A Journal For My Daughter, Evelyne Lamar
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the young adult book "Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter," by Mary Alice Monroe, with photographs by Barbara J. Bergwerf.
Review: Family Payne, Lee Ann Cline
Review: Family Payne, Lee Ann Cline
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the novel "Family Payne," by Jerry Gollihar.
Review: The Real Question, Ellen Zander
Review: The Real Question, Ellen Zander
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the young adult book "The Real Question," by Adrian Fogelin.
Review: We Are All Welcome Here, Teresa Pacheco
Review: We Are All Welcome Here, Teresa Pacheco
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the novel "We Are All Welcome Here," by Elizabeth Berg.
Review: When Light Breaks, Sarah Trowbridge
Review: When Light Breaks, Sarah Trowbridge
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the novel "When Light Breaks," by Patti Callahan Henry.
Review: Reading Faulkner: Introductions To The First Thirteen Novels, John Mcconnell
Review: Reading Faulkner: Introductions To The First Thirteen Novels, John Mcconnell
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the non-fiction book "Reading Faulkner: Introductions to the First Thirteen Novels." Content by Richard Marius, compiled and edited by Nancy Grisham Anderson.
Review: Hitched, Christina Hodgens
Review: Hitched, Christina Hodgens
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the novel "Hitched," by Carol Higgins Clark.
"The Future Good And Great Of Our Land": Republican Mothers, Female Authors, And Domesticated Literacy In Antebellum New England, Sarah Robbins
"The Future Good And Great Of Our Land": Republican Mothers, Female Authors, And Domesticated Literacy In Antebellum New England, Sarah Robbins
Faculty Articles
In an 1830s review of Lydia Maria Child's Good Wives published in Sarah Hale's Ladies' Magazine, the enthusiastic commentator quoted above sets Child's latest book within a thriving literary culture that values didactic literature. Acknowledging the importance of a genre I call the domestic literacy narrative, the reviewer confidently asserts that "the prevalent rage for reading" promises to promote not only familial but national well-being-promises, that is, if more books like Child's are regularly published to help train women to direct their family's reading and extract from it principles and behaviors consonant with their country's "future good."