"This valuable collection... should shift the ground of discourse on mid-19th-century American literature." Publishers Weekly

This unique collection has recovered for us the work of sixteen women who wrote during the years when American writers were developing their distinctive styles and voices."

"Fetterley's questions are often so crucial, her observationsrepeatedly so acute, that they force us to ask how we avoided them in thepast." -- Women's Studies International Quarterly

..".thoughtful, informed, and well written." -- Choice