The Postmillennial Prophetess and Her Historian Heroines: Revisiting the Early Fiction of Delia Bacon

This essay revisits the early fiction of Delia Bacon (1811-1859), one of the first individuals to develop a Shakespeare authorship conspiracy theory. Her historical novellas, published as the collection Tales of the Puritans in 1831, show Bacon both working in and developing her own interpretation o...

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Main Author: Kate Doubler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2025-06-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/23643
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