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• catalog abstract "One would not expect a police officer to describe a criminal as "remarkable," "well worth knowing," or "excellent." Yet some did when their quarry was a confidence woman. Blackmailer, swindler, or pickpocket: the confidence woman could take any form. Regardless of their different motives and tactics, confidence women have much in common, for they have long been misrepresented in American literature and culture. In Swindler, Spy, Rebel: The Confidence Woman in Nineteenth-Century America, Kathleen De Grave redresses the exaggerations and distortions by examining how the line between fact and fiction blurs. Drawing from a variety of sources, such as memoirs, diaries, detective reports, newspaper accounts, and sociological studies written during the period, De Grave first presents a historical context. By comparing the exploits of such women as "Chicago May" Churchill, "Big Bertha" Heyman, and Ellen Peck to those of fictional women who used the same strategies in noncriminal situations, De Grave broadens the definition of the confidence woman beyond criminality to include adventuresses, soldiers/spies, and "gold diggers." Next, she relates how the confidence woman appears in autobiographies and in fiction. She further expands her argument to include the narrative devices of nineteenth-century women writers who used a kind of confidence game as a way to lure their readers into the text.".
• catalog contributor b8166070.
• catalog created "c1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "c1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
• catalog description "1. Confronting the confidence woman -- 2. The confidence woman in context -- 3. Types of confidence women in history -- 4. Autobiographies of confidence women -- 5. Literature : muting the voice -- 6. The writer as confidence woman -- 7. Stowe to Wharton : a bold move.".
• catalog description "Drawing from a variety of sources, such as memoirs, diaries, detective reports, newspaper accounts, and sociological studies written during the period, De Grave first presents a historical context. By comparing the exploits of such women as "Chicago May" Churchill, "Big Bertha" Heyman, and Ellen Peck to those of fictional women who used the same strategies in noncriminal situations, De Grave broadens the definition of the confidence woman beyond criminality to include adventuresses, soldiers/spies, and "gold diggers." Next, she relates how the confidence woman appears in autobiographies and in fiction. She further expands her argument to include the narrative devices of nineteenth-century women writers who used a kind of confidence game as a way to lure their readers into the text.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index.".
• catalog description "One would not expect a police officer to describe a criminal as "remarkable," "well worth knowing," or "excellent." Yet some did when their quarry was a confidence woman. Blackmailer, swindler, or pickpocket: the confidence woman could take any form. Regardless of their different motives and tactics, confidence women have much in common, for they have long been misrepresented in American literature and culture. In Swindler, Spy, Rebel: The Confidence Woman in Nineteenth-Century America, Kathleen De Grave redresses the exaggerations and distortions by examining how the line between fact and fiction blurs.".
• catalog extent "x, 270 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Swindler, spy, rebel.".
• catalog identifier "0826210058 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Swindler, spy, rebel.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "c1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Columbia : University of Missouri Press,".
• catalog relation "Swindler, spy, rebel.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "810.9/352042 20".
• catalog subject "Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.".
• catalog subject "American prose literature 19th century History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Deception in literature.".
• catalog subject "Female offenders in literature.".
• catalog subject "PS366.S95 D4 1995".
• catalog subject "Swindlers and swindling United States History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Swindlers and swindling in literature.".
• catalog subject "Women and literature United States History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Women spies in literature.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Confronting the confidence woman -- 2. The confidence woman in context -- 3. Types of confidence women in history -- 4. Autobiographies of confidence women -- 5. Literature : muting the voice -- 6. The writer as confidence woman -- 7. Stowe to Wharton : a bold move.".
• catalog title "Swindler, spy, rebel : the confidence woman in nineteenth- century America / Kathleen De Grave.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".