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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... lines between women whose chastity (their badge of virtue) was compromised and those characters whose didactic and admonitory expressions represented standards of probity and moral impeccability, the novel might retain the interest of a ...
... lines between women whose chastity (their badge of virtue) was compromised and those characters whose didactic and admonitory expressions represented standards of probity and moral impeccability, the novel might retain the interest of a ...
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... line of reasoning in which William Hill Brown participated, as evidenced by the words of Mrs. Holmes's fatherinlaw in Letter XI. “Most of the novels ... with which our female libraries are overrun,” Mr. Holmes says, “are built on a ...
... line of reasoning in which William Hill Brown participated, as evidenced by the words of Mrs. Holmes's fatherinlaw in Letter XI. “Most of the novels ... with which our female libraries are overrun,” Mr. Holmes says, “are built on a ...
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... lines about Brown attest. Best known in his own day for his verse fables (poetic fables that usually substituted animals as characters and treated manners, politics, and so forth), Brown wrote many occasional verses on a number of ...
... lines about Brown attest. Best known in his own day for his verse fables (poetic fables that usually substituted animals as characters and treated manners, politics, and so forth), Brown wrote many occasional verses on a number of ...
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... line of his novel—the love relationship between young Harrington and Harriot Fawcet—in the context of several subplots that, by way of repetition and reverberation, formed a set of thematic commentaries on the larger story. There are ...
... line of his novel—the love relationship between young Harrington and Harriot Fawcet—in the context of several subplots that, by way of repetition and reverberation, formed a set of thematic commentaries on the larger story. There are ...
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... line of families prominent in the clergy and in Hartford, Connecticut, society. She was well read in most fields in which women would have sought accomplishment, and she was admired by those who knew her. She had been engaged to Rev ...
... line of families prominent in the clergy and in Hartford, Connecticut, society. She was well read in most fields in which women would have sought accomplishment, and she was admired by those who knew her. She had been engaged to Rev ...
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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 |
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