Artless Tales

Or, Romantic Effusions of the Heart by Anna Maria Porter

Edited by Erika Cleveland, Devoney Looser, Claire McCarville and A. J. Otero

"Artless Tales: or, Romantic Effusions of the Heart" was the second book of short stories (both called "Artless Tales") that Anna Maria Porter published. With surprising sophistication, she creates brave, risk-taking heroines, who face loss and danger on the road to love and marriage to worthy heroes. Porter (1778–1832), who started her publishing career at age fourteen, became a celebrated and prolific novelist.

Bios

Erika Cleveland is a student in the Department of English’s MAS in film and media studies program, as well as an alum, having earned a BA in English (literature) in 2013 and an MA in English in 2022. She is currently a staff member in Barrett, the Honors College at ASU.

Devoney Looser is Regents Professor of English at ASU.

Claire McCarville is a student in the ASU Department of English’s BA in English (literature) program.

A. J. Otero is an ASU graduate, having earned a BA in liberal studies and minor in anthropology in 2022.

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Date published
Publisher
Juvenilia Press
ISBN
978-0733441134
Genres
Fiction, History, Humanities, Literature, Romance, Young adult
College or unit
Barrett, The Honors College, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Department of English, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU Online

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