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Is “The Wisest Thing” a Moral Responsibility? Martineau and Benefit Clubs Worlds are Colliding: Authorship, Gender, and Self-Formation in the lives of Harriet Martineau and Elizabeth Gaskell Generality in Theory and Specificity in Fiction The EQ of Harriet Martineau Influence of Martineau on Eliot's "Natural History of German Life"? A Tale of Two Authoresses Maria Young: Observer and Novelist...and Heroine? Ms. Martineau the Skilled Rhetor Harriet Martineau: Does she Philosophize or Womanize? Virgin Affections and Incestuous Virgins: The Gallant Gents of "Deerbrook" The Trouble with the Sublime Sufferer Striking Similarities: Harriet Martineau's Autobiographical Novel To speak or not to speak? Faulty Observations, Untrained Observers Sympathy at its Finest The Ordinary Life of the Extraordinary Mrs. Hope Martineau's Leading Ladies How do you solve a problem like Maria? Genre Studies Imitating Nature and Natural Law Sorry, I'm not sorry "Frailty, Thy name is Woman" Don't be Charitable, Stupid Plotting, Prophetic Martineau Autobiographical Humanizing Pushing but not Bursting the Spheres Why All the Hubbub? Literary Lionism and Longing to Be Known Miss Martineau's Gentle Advice for Writers: Don't botch your work! Do As I Say, Not As I Do Facing Fears and Fostering Sympathy Martineau's "Authorial Spectacles" Does Martineau follow her own advice? From the Mouths of Babes Elementary, My Dear Martineau Progressing into Slavery She Had a Dream, Too Harriet Martineau: The Conservative Progressive Mistress Harry, smart and merry, how should these children grow? Why travel writing? Work Ethic in America A Utopian Vision for Travel Writing
