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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... century, Foster contributed to the Federalist publication The Monthly Anthology or Magazine of Polite Literature, which later became the North American Review. She would live to see The Coquette reprinted several times before she died ...
... century, Foster contributed to the Federalist publication The Monthly Anthology or Magazine of Polite Literature, which later became the North American Review. She would live to see The Coquette reprinted several times before she died ...
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... century. 2. Whitman, Elizabeth, 17521788— Fiction. 3. Manwoman relationships—Fiction. 4. Didactic fiction, American. 5. Women—Fiction. I. Foster, Hannah (Webster) 17581840. Coquette. II. Mulford, Carla, 1955. III. Title. IV. Series ...
... century. 2. Whitman, Elizabeth, 17521788— Fiction. 3. Manwoman relationships—Fiction. 4. Didactic fiction, American. 5. Women—Fiction. I. Foster, Hannah (Webster) 17581840. Coquette. II. Mulford, Carla, 1955. III. Title. IV. Series ...
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... centuries been the focus of those who wished to lecture on morality and the general success or failure of the culture. Women seem to have become a particular preoccupation during the eighteenthcentury era of Enlightenment, however. Many ...
... centuries been the focus of those who wished to lecture on morality and the general success or failure of the culture. Women seem to have become a particular preoccupation during the eighteenthcentury era of Enlightenment, however. Many ...
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... century turned into the nineteenth century, the market in books served a populace that seems to have had tremendous preoccupation with private activities of people, but especially the private activities—the lives and the bodies—of women ...
... century turned into the nineteenth century, the market in books served a populace that seems to have had tremendous preoccupation with private activities of people, but especially the private activities—the lives and the bodies—of women ...
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... century was new, but the appearance of women in fiction in AngloAmerica had been occurring for some time. Decades before The Power of Sympathy and The Coquette were published, readers had been treated to their first newspaper ...
... century was new, but the appearance of women in fiction in AngloAmerica had been occurring for some time. Decades before The Power of Sympathy and The Coquette were published, readers had been treated to their first newspaper ...
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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 |
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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