The Power of SympathyWritten 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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Nutzerbericht - akblanchard - LibraryThingThe dangers of sexual sin and improper conduct are the focus of the two early American novels contained in this volume. In The Power of Sympathy(1789), which, incidentally, is often mentioned as the ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - JBD1 - LibraryThingTwo early American novels in the epistolary style; not great writing, but if you're into early fiction, they're decent examples. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Inhalt
Editors Note | v |
Introduction | ix |
Suggestions for Further Reading | liii |
A Note on the Texts | lix |
OR THE TRIUMPH OF NATURE FOUNDED IN TRUTH | 1 |
THE COQUETTE OR THE HISTORY OF ELIZA WHARTON A NOVEL FOUNDED ON FACT | 105 |
Explanatory Notes | 243 |
From Advice from a Lady of Quality to Her Children | 271 |
Letter from Annis Boudinot Stockton to Julia Stockton Rush on Mary Wollstonecrafts A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 1792 | 285 |
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The Power of Sympathy and The Coquette William Wells Brown,Hannah Webster Foster Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1996 |
The Power of Sympathy and the Coquette William Hill Brown,Hannah Foster Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2013 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ADIEU advice affection agreeable American answer appeared attention become believe BOSTON Boyer Brown called cause century character colonies conduct connection considered continued conversation Coquette daughter dear death desire duty early ELIZA WHARTON engaged esteem expected 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 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 retired Richman scenes seems sensibility sentiments sincere situation social society soon soul story taste tears tell tender thing thought told took virtue walked wish woman women WORTHY write written young
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Power of Sympathy Classics Series Penguin classics |
| Autor/in | William Hill Brown |
| Herausgeber | Carla Mulford |
| Ausgabe | illustriert |
| Verlag | Penguin, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0140434682, 9780140434682 |
| Länge | 288 Seiten |
| Zitat exportieren | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |