The Power of Sympathy and The CoquettePenguin, 1996 M11 1 - 352 páginas Written in epistolary form and drawn from actual events, Brown’s The Power of Sympathy (1789) and Foster’s The Coquette (1797) were two of the earliest novels published in the United States. Both novels reflect the eighteenth-century preoccupation with the role of women as safekeepers of the young country’s morality. |
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... acquaintances, even though they frequently published anonymously. Like many of his contemporaries, Brown published his poems anonymously or with a number of different pen names, including “Pollio,” “Columbus,” and “Yankee.” In this ...
... acquaintances, even though they frequently published anonymously. Like many of his contemporaries, Brown published his poems anonymously or with a number of different pen names, including “Pollio,” “Columbus,” and “Yankee.” In this ...
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... acquaintance as a wellread woman and an apt conversationalist—an overall “notable woman” (that is, a modest and goodly housewife and mother). These would have been the qualities for which a woman of her class would have wished to remain ...
... acquaintance as a wellread woman and an apt conversationalist—an overall “notable woman” (that is, a modest and goodly housewife and mother). These would have been the qualities for which a woman of her class would have wished to remain ...
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... acquaintances with whom Foster circulated. By the time Foster wrote her novel, too, the woman was “known” throughout New England from the tremendous publicity her death received. The woman in question, Elizabeth Whitman, was distantly ...
... acquaintances with whom Foster circulated. By the time Foster wrote her novel, too, the woman was “known” throughout New England from the tremendous publicity her death received. The woman in question, Elizabeth Whitman, was distantly ...
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Contenido
PREFACE | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
WORTHY to HARRINGTON | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
Miss HARRIOT FAWCET to Miss MYRA HARRINGTON | |
Miss MYRA HARRINGTON to Mrs HOLMES | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to HARRIOT | |
HARRINGTON to HARRIOT | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
Mrs HOLMES to Miss HARRINGTON | |
WORTHY to HARRINGTON | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
WORTHY to MYRA | |
Mrs HOLMES to MYRA | |
Mrs HOLMES to MYRA | |
WORTHY to MYRA | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
MYRA to HARRIOT | |
MYRA to Mrs HOLMES | |
WORTHY to MYRA | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Power of Sympathy and the Coquette William Wells Brown,Hannah Webster Foster Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
The Power of Sympathy and the Coquette William Wells Brown,Hannah Webster Foster Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
The Power of Sympathy and the Coquette William Wells Brown,Hannah Webster Foster Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance ADIEU advice affection agreeable American answer appeared attention become believe BOSTON Boyer Brown called cause century character circumstances conduct connection considered continued conversation Coquette daughter dear death desire duty early ELIZA WHARTON engaged esteem expect expressed feel fiction friendship future give hand happiness HARRINGTON heart HOLMES honor hope human idea imagination interest Julia kind lady leave LETTER lines live look LUCY Major Sanford mamma manners married means mind Miss moral nature never novel observed once particular passion perhaps person pleased pleasure polite present published readers reading reason received reflection respect retired Richman scenes seems sensibility sentiments sincere situation social society soon soul taste tears tell thing thought told took virtue walked wish woman women WORTHY write written young