Book Description
In Writers of Conviction, Julia C. Ehrhardt examines the literary careers of four American writers who have not received the critical attention they deserve: Zona Gale, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Rose Wilder Lane, and Josephine Herbst. By reintroducing these authors, Ehrhardt reveals a fascinating and unexplored aspect of white, middle-class, and female authorship: the provocative links between each writer's personal politics and her literary aspirations. She uses this innovative critical perspective to show that each woman became a writer in order to express her political beliefs to the largest possible audience. Combining feminist literary theory, women's history, and biographical criticism, this work presents a compelling study of a woman's individual journey to political consciousness and the writings that resulted from it.

About the Author
Julia C. Ehrhardt is Assistant Professor of Honors and Women's Studies at the University of Oklahoma.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

In Writers of Conviction, Julia C. Ehrhardt examines the literary careers of four American writers who have not received the critical attention they deserve: Zona Gale, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Rose Wilder Lane, and Josephine Herbst. By reintroducing these authors, Ehrhardt reveals a fascinating and unexplored aspect of white, middle-class, and female authorship: the provocative links between each writer's personal politics and her literary aspirations. She uses this innovative critical perspective to show that each woman became a writer in order to express her political beliefs to the largest possible audience. Combining feminist literary theory, women's history, and biographical criticism, this work presents a compelling study of a woman's individual journey to political consciousness and the writings that resulted from it.