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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... person “valuable” to the community. A man's value was derived from his working life. But what would help determine the value of a woman? It was in the context of this kind of questioning—of issues related to domesticity, labor, and the ...
... person “valuable” to the community. A man's value was derived from his working life. But what would help determine the value of a woman? It was in the context of this kind of questioning—of issues related to domesticity, labor, and the ...
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... person and mind, to inspire a due sense of decorum and propriety, and to instill such principles of propriety, morality, benevolence, prudence and economy as might be useful through life. Surely Hannah Webster Foster would have insisted ...
... person and mind, to inspire a due sense of decorum and propriety, and to instill such principles of propriety, morality, benevolence, prudence and economy as might be useful through life. Surely Hannah Webster Foster would have insisted ...
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... person reading the letter or other edifying missive aloud, were allimportant features within this cultural setting. The rhetorical dimension of public speaking, in other words, was central to the scene. Tone. was thus a feature of the ...
... person reading the letter or other edifying missive aloud, were allimportant features within this cultural setting. The rhetorical dimension of public speaking, in other words, was central to the scene. Tone. was thus a feature of the ...
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... kept much retired to her chamber, employed in needlework, writing, etc.... Her conversation, her writings and her manners, bespoke the advantage of a respectable family and good education. Her person was agreeable; her deportment,
... kept much retired to her chamber, employed in needlework, writing, etc.... Her conversation, her writings and her manners, bespoke the advantage of a respectable family and good education. Her person was agreeable; her deportment,
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William Wells Brown, Hannah Webster Foster. family and good education. Her person was agreeable; her deportment, amiable and engaging; and, though in a state of anxiety and suspense, she preserved a cheerfulness which seemed to be not ...
William Wells Brown, Hannah Webster Foster. family and good education. Her person was agreeable; her deportment, amiable and engaging; and, though in a state of anxiety and suspense, she preserved a cheerfulness which seemed to be not ...
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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