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She lectured on George Eliot at Boston University, the first woman to do so, and contributed to William Dean Howells's collaborative novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Family\u003c\/i\u003e, joining Howells, Henry James and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, among others. She also became an important voice on religious topics, writing regularly for religious periodicals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Duquette\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Gettysburg College. Her areas of specialty include literature of the American Civil War era and transnational literary culture. 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