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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... fiction—18th century. 2. Whitman, Elizabeth, 17521788— Fiction. 3. Manwoman relationships—Fiction. 4. Didactic fiction, American. 5. Women—Fiction. I. Foster, Hannah (Webster) 17581840. Coquette. II. Mulford, Carla, 1955. III. Title. IV ...
... fiction—18th century. 2. Whitman, Elizabeth, 17521788— Fiction. 3. Manwoman relationships—Fiction. 4. Didactic fiction, American. 5. Women—Fiction. I. Foster, Hannah (Webster) 17581840. Coquette. II. Mulford, Carla, 1955. III. Title. IV ...
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... fictional medium. Considered in terms of the genre of novelistic fiction, these two novels were among the first to take part in the discourse linking women's issues with nationhood. They would seem, in fact, to have indicated a turning ...
... fictional medium. Considered in terms of the genre of novelistic fiction, these two novels were among the first to take part in the discourse linking women's issues with nationhood. They would seem, in fact, to have indicated a turning ...
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... fiction in AngloAmerica had been occurring for some time. Decades before The Power of Sympathy and The Coquette were ... fictional woman character, Silence Dogood, in 1722, “to reprove Women separate from the Men.” Between the years 1722 ...
... fiction in AngloAmerica had been occurring for some time. Decades before The Power of Sympathy and The Coquette were ... fictional woman character, Silence Dogood, in 1722, “to reprove Women separate from the Men.” Between the years 1722 ...
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... fictional materials of the era. If republican principles were to succeed, the theorists argued, they needed to be inculcated not only at the level of government but also within the culture as a whole. If the principles were to succeed ...
... fictional materials of the era. If republican principles were to succeed, the theorists argued, they needed to be inculcated not only at the level of government but also within the culture as a whole. If the principles were to succeed ...
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... fiction. It was not that Rebecca Otis should not read, Warren insisted, but she needed to understand that domestic work was important and that some writings were a waste of time: “As your rank in life has not, nor perhaps ever will set ...
... fiction. It was not that Rebecca Otis should not read, Warren insisted, but she needed to understand that domestic work was important and that some writings were a waste of time: “As your rank in life has not, nor perhaps ever will set ...
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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 | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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