{"product_id":"infelicia-and-other-writings-paperback","title":"Infelicia and Other Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdah Isaacs Menken\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Eiselein\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This superb edition makes the powerful voice of Adah Isaacs Menken come alive for twenty-first century readers.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eKathryn Hellerstein, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Adah Isaacs Menken was the most highly paid and most scandalous stage performer of the 1860s. She is also one of the most fascinating and unconventional writers in American literary history, and the first to follow the revolution in poetry started by Whitman's \u003cem\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/em\u003e. This edition presents, for the first time, a generous selection of Menken's uncollected poems and essays, along with the first edition of \u003cem\u003eInfelicia\u003c\/em\u003e (1868), her only book. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Also included is a range of carefully selected appendices that help contextualize Menken's writings in terms of theater, Judaism, Bohemianism, women's rights, and women writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGregory Eiselein\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of English at Kansas State University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eLiterature and Humanitarian Reform in the Civil War Era\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) and the editor of \u003cem\u003eEmma Lazarus: Selected Poems and Other Writings\u003c\/em\u003e (Broadview Press, 2002). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67554504999161,"sku":"9781551112848","price":55.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/mK2Qje9NML9781551112848.webp?v=1793443827","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/infelicia-and-other-writings-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}