Date of Award
Spring 1935
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to recall the attention of a generation all too prone to neglect names once known nationally and internationally to Harriet Prescott Spofford, perhaps the most versatile feminine writer of our country in the decade 1858 to 1868, whose works were acceptable to the reading public and accepted by the leading magazines of our country for a period of sixty years. Harriet Prescott Spofford, moreover, exemplifies the fact that authorship need not necessarily incapacitate a woman for domestic life, for she was ever a lovingly dutiful daughter, a devoted wife, sister, and friend.
Recommended Citation
McGowan, Mary Elizabeth, "Harriet Prescott Spofford; Her Life, Works, and Criticism" (1935). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 1490.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/1490