TY - BOOK AU - Scheil,Katherine West TI - She Hath Been Reading: Women and Shakespeare Clubs in America SN - 9780801464225 AV - PR2971.U6 U1 - 822.3/3 PY - 2012/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- United States -- History KW - Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Societies, etc KW - Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- United States -- History KW - Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History KW - Women -- Books and reading -- United States -- History KW - Women -- United States -- Intellectual life KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3138325 ER -