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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... once, from reminding readers of other important literature on the relevant topics to providing an incorporative framework or a lens through which the current action of the novel could be interpreted. Perhaps in their demonstrable ...
... once, from reminding readers of other important literature on the relevant topics to providing an incorporative framework or a lens through which the current action of the novel could be interpreted. Perhaps in their demonstrable ...
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... once decorous, governed by strict rules, and inclusive of eliteclass markers. The tone might seem overly stiff and lacking in depth to us today, but this is largely because we no longer participate in eighteenthcentury American ...
... once decorous, governed by strict rules, and inclusive of eliteclass markers. The tone might seem overly stiff and lacking in depth to us today, but this is largely because we no longer participate in eighteenthcentury American ...
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... mild; In wit, a man—simplicity, a child: With Attic salt, he season d many a page, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age: A good companion and a faithful friend, Unblam'd thro' life, lamented in his End. Thus say the.
... mild; In wit, a man—simplicity, a child: With Attic salt, he season d many a page, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age: A good companion and a faithful friend, Unblam'd thro' life, lamented in his End. Thus say the.
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... once dubbed himself “a warm, good fed'ralist at heart”—is best known as being the first American novelist. IX. If there seems to be little known about the life of William Hill Brown, even less is known about Hannah Webster Foster, whose ...
... once dubbed himself “a warm, good fed'ralist at heart”—is best known as being the first American novelist. IX. If there seems to be little known about the life of William Hill Brown, even less is known about Hannah Webster Foster, whose ...
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... once women were married, their bodies and their properties became the possessions of their husbands. For these readers, Eliza Wharton's careful weighing of her potential future with Peter Sanford and the Reverend Boyer surely must have ...
... once women were married, their bodies and their properties became the possessions of their husbands. For these readers, Eliza Wharton's careful weighing of her potential future with Peter Sanford and the Reverend Boyer surely must have ...
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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