She Hath Been Reading : Women and Shakespeare Clubs in America.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
She Hath Been Reading -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Origins -- Chapter 1. Reading -- Chapter 2. The Home -- Chapter 3. The Outpost -- Chapter 4. Shakespeare and Black Women's Clubs -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Shakespeare Clubs in America -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In the late nineteenth century hundreds of clubs formed across the United States devoted to the reading of Shakespeare. Katherine West Scheil uncovers this hidden layer of intellectual activity that flourished in American society.
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Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- United States -- History. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Societies, etc. Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- United States -- History. Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History. Women -- Books and reading -- United States -- History. Women -- United States -- Intellectual life.