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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... thing for a woman—even a fictional woman—to say in the 1780s. Mrs. Holmes's comments seem to clarify William Hill Brown's position. That is, she seems to be speaking a position articulated throughout the novel: reading fiction, so long ...
... thing for a woman—even a fictional woman—to say in the 1780s. Mrs. Holmes's comments seem to clarify William Hill Brown's position. That is, she seems to be speaking a position articulated throughout the novel: reading fiction, so long ...
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... things about novels. Indeed, their negative comments did not seem to let up much, even a decade after Brown's novel was published. “Novels not only pollute the imaginations of young women,” wrote the editor of the Weekly Magazine for ...
... things about novels. Indeed, their negative comments did not seem to let up much, even a decade after Brown's novel was published. “Novels not only pollute the imaginations of young women,” wrote the editor of the Weekly Magazine for ...
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... things emotional or sensual with baseness and things spiritual or rational with beneficial effects has a long history in Western thought, whether one locates the dualistic attitude in Aristotelian logic or in the teachings of ...
... things emotional or sensual with baseness and things spiritual or rational with beneficial effects has a long history in Western thought, whether one locates the dualistic attitude in Aristotelian logic or in the teachings of ...
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... things: dress and manners when in single and mixedsex company; the raising and educating of children; the duty owed to parents; the duty of parents to children; and lists of edifying readings. In most of these books, women were advised ...
... things: dress and manners when in single and mixedsex company; the raising and educating of children; the duty owed to parents; the duty of parents to children; and lists of edifying readings. In most of these books, women were advised ...
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... —but from the observation I have been able to make in my own Country, I do not think any of that Slavish obedience exists, that She talks so much of—I think the women have their equal right of every thing, Latin and Greek.
... —but from the observation I have been able to make in my own Country, I do not think any of that Slavish obedience exists, that She talks so much of—I think the women have their equal right of every thing, Latin and Greek.
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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 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