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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... future cleared of the corrupt and evil past of European monasteries and monarchies, a future that seemed bright with the possibility of an entirely new and peaceable social order. At least that is what men like Belknap—a Christian ...
... future cleared of the corrupt and evil past of European monasteries and monarchies, a future that seemed bright with the possibility of an entirely new and peaceable social order. At least that is what men like Belknap—a Christian ...
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... future glory of the nation were fixed. III. “Virtue, Virtue alone ... is the basis of a Republic,” declared Dr. Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia in 1778. Yet the meaning of the term virtue itself was much contested in the last quarter of ...
... future glory of the nation were fixed. III. “Virtue, Virtue alone ... is the basis of a Republic,” declared Dr. Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia in 1778. Yet the meaning of the term virtue itself was much contested in the last quarter of ...
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... the possessions of their husbands. For these readers, Eliza Wharton's careful weighing of her potential future with Peter Sanford and the Reverend Boyer surely must have counterbalanced the criticism raging all around Eliza.
... the possessions of their husbands. For these readers, Eliza Wharton's careful weighing of her potential future with Peter Sanford and the Reverend Boyer surely must have counterbalanced the criticism raging all around Eliza.
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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