Best known for her culinary and domestic guides and the
award-winning short story "Mrs. Washington Potts," Eliza Leslie
deserves a much more prominent place in contemporary literary
discussions of the nineteenth century. Her writing, known for its
overtly moralistic and didactic tones--though often presented with
wit and humor--also provides contemporary readers with a nuanced
perspective for understanding the diversity among American women in
Leslie's time.
Leslie's writing serves as a commentary on gender ideals and
consumerism; presents complicated constructions of racial,
national, and class-based identities; and critiques literary genres
such as the Gothic romance and the love letter. These criticisms
are exposed through the juxtaposition of her fiction and nonfiction
instructive texts, which range from lessons on literary conduct to
needlework; from recipes for American and French culinary dishes to
travel sketches; from songs to educational games. Demonstrating the
complexity of choices available to women at the time, this volume
enables readers to see how Leslie's rhetoric and audience awareness
facilitated her ability to appeal to a broad swath of the
nineteenth-century reading public.
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