The Power of Sympathy and the CoquettePenguin, 01.11.1996 - 352 Seiten 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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William Wells Brown, Hannah Webster Foster. WILLIAM HILL BROWN THE POWER OF SYMPATHY HANNAH WEBSTER FOSTER THE COQUETTE PENGUIN CLASSICS THE POWER OF SYMPATHY and THE COQUETTE William. PENGUIN CLASSICS Front Cover.
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... COQUETTE William Hill Brown ( 1765-93 ) was best known during his own day as a witty poet and political essayist . For readers today , Brown's fame rests upon his novel The Power of Sympathy ( 1789 ) . He was born in Boston ...
... COQUETTE William Hill Brown ( 1765-93 ) was best known during his own day as a witty poet and political essayist . For readers today , Brown's fame rests upon his novel The Power of Sympathy ( 1789 ) . He was born in Boston ...
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... Coquette reprinted several times before she died in 1840 . Carla Mulford is an associate professor of English at the Penn- sylvania State University . In addition to numerous essays in early American studies , she has published John ...
... Coquette reprinted several times before she died in 1840 . Carla Mulford is an associate professor of English at the Penn- sylvania State University . In addition to numerous essays in early American studies , she has published John ...
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... Brown, Hannah Webster Foster. THE POWER OF SYMPATHY WILLIAM HILL BROWN and THE COQUETTE HANNAH WEBSTER FOSTER WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY CARLA MULFORD PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books USA.
... Brown, Hannah Webster Foster. THE POWER OF SYMPATHY WILLIAM HILL BROWN and THE COQUETTE HANNAH WEBSTER FOSTER WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY CARLA MULFORD PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books USA.
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... Coquette first published in the United States of America by Samuel Etheridge for E. Larkin 1797 This edition with an introduction and notes by Carla Mulford published in Penguin Books 1996 79 10 8 Introduction and notes copyright ...
... Coquette first published in the United States of America by Samuel Etheridge for E. Larkin 1797 This edition with an introduction and notes by Carla Mulford published in Penguin Books 1996 79 10 8 Introduction and notes copyright ...
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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