Fin-de-siècle fiction by British female aesthetes and American women regionalists stages moments of rebellion when female characters rise up and insist on the right to maintain control of their creations. Cordell asserts that these revolutionary acts constitute a transatlantic conversation about aesthetic practice and creative ownership.

Sigrid Anderson Cordell

Introduction, Sigrid Anderson Cordell; Chapter 1 'A Beautiful Translation from a Very Imperfect Original', Sigrid Anderson Cordell; Chapter 2 Vernon Lee and the Aesthetic Subject, Sigrid Anderson Cordell; Chapter 3 Edith Wharton and the Artist as Connoisseur, Sigrid Anderson Cordell; Chapter 4 The Aesthetics of Ownership in Women's Stories, Sigrid Anderson Cordell;