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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... circumstances adapted to the fictional medium. Considered in terms of the genre of novelistic fiction, these two novels were among the first to take part in the discourse linking women's issues with nationhood. They would seem, in fact ...
... circumstances adapted to the fictional medium. Considered in terms of the genre of novelistic fiction, these two novels were among the first to take part in the discourse linking women's issues with nationhood. They would seem, in fact ...
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... circumstances drawn from the admired ancient republics (which were popular governments) of Greece and Rome. For these people (including, for instance, Benjamin Rush and John and Abigail Adams), a successful American Republic would be ...
... circumstances drawn from the admired ancient republics (which were popular governments) of Greece and Rome. For these people (including, for instance, Benjamin Rush and John and Abigail Adams), a successful American Republic would be ...
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... circumstances, highquality reading: “It is as incumbent a duty to attend to the books a young lady reads as to the company she keeps; for if it is allowed, that the frequent hearing of loose conversation naturally prepares the mind for ...
... circumstances, highquality reading: “It is as incumbent a duty to attend to the books a young lady reads as to the company she keeps; for if it is allowed, that the frequent hearing of loose conversation naturally prepares the mind for ...
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... circumstances out of which they could conceivably test their virtuousness without testing their personal chasteness. The reading of these novels might, if only in theory, provide a safe (because vicarious) opportunity for young readers ...
... circumstances out of which they could conceivably test their virtuousness without testing their personal chasteness. The reading of these novels might, if only in theory, provide a safe (because vicarious) opportunity for young readers ...
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... circumstances beyond those related to geopolitics seem to have been influential. Among the cultural values novels were said to promote were rational behavior and “truthful” representation. It has typically been said of American writers ...
... circumstances beyond those related to geopolitics seem to have been influential. Among the cultural values novels were said to promote were rational behavior and “truthful” representation. It has typically been said of American writers ...
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