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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... death— Tellingly linked here in Belknap's account are the woman's gentility and her sensibility, both of which would seem to have failed her because she was a “great reader of Romances.” If a woman would read romances and refuse offers ...
... death— Tellingly linked here in Belknap's account are the woman's gentility and her sensibility, both of which would seem to have failed her because she was a “great reader of Romances.” If a woman would read romances and refuse offers ...
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... death of Eliza. Foster's interest in didacticism is quite clear from her other writings, as well. In The Boarding School: Or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils (1798), Foster commented on what she considered the most appropriate ...
... death of Eliza. Foster's interest in didacticism is quite clear from her other writings, as well. In The Boarding School: Or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils (1798), Foster commented on what she considered the most appropriate ...
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... death. In the eyes of these readers, authors seeking to educate their audiences toward moral behavior should provide their advice in the edifying vehicles that would have no vices depicted in seducingly attractive ways. In other words ...
... death. In the eyes of these readers, authors seeking to educate their audiences toward moral behavior should provide their advice in the edifying vehicles that would have no vices depicted in seducingly attractive ways. In other words ...
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... death) saw that some of his works were published. Although no exact birth date for Brown is known, his birth probably occurred in late November 1765, for he was christened at the Hollis Street Church, Boston, on December 1, 1765. He was ...
... death) saw that some of his works were published. Although no exact birth date for Brown is known, his birth probably occurred in late November 1765, for he was christened at the Hollis Street Church, Boston, on December 1, 1765. He was ...
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... death of her mother. Records indicate that in 1771 she was living in Boston; she began publishing political pieces in the newspapers in Boston in the 1780s. In 1785, Hannah Webster married Rev. John Foster, who was four years younger ...
... death of her mother. Records indicate that in 1771 she was living in Boston; she began publishing political pieces in the newspapers in Boston in the 1780s. In 1785, Hannah Webster married Rev. John Foster, who was four years younger ...
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 Hill Brown,Hannah Foster Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
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