The Hermaphrodite.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Bergland, Renee | Copyright information

The Hermaphrodite. By Julia Ward Howe. Edited and with an Introduction by Gary Williams. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. 260 pp. $27.95.

With the publication of The Hermaphrodite one hundred and fifty years after she wrote the novel, Julia Ward Howe springs into the twenty-first century, demanding that we reconsider her work and revise our ideas about sex and sexuality in nineteenth-century America. The publication of the book is one of the most exciting dev...

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