Emily Hamilton and other writings

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1. Verfasser: Vickery, Sukey (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers
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Emily Hamilton -- Poems published in the Massachusetts Spy -- Unpublished manuscripts
Sukey Vickery's Emily Hamilton is an epistolary novel dealing with the courtship and marriages of three women. Originally published in 1803, it is one of the earliest examples of realist fiction in America and a departure from other novels at the turn of the nineteenth century. From the outset its author intended it as a realist project, never delving into the overly sentimental plotting or characterization present in much of the writing of Vickery's contemporaries. Emily Hamilton explores from a decidedly feminine perspective the idea of a woman's right to choose her own spouse and the import
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xlviii, 224 pages)
ISBN:0803226519
9780803226517