02829nam 2200625Ia 450 991079237670332120230721015727.01-282-42377-097866124237720-8032-2651-9(CKB)2670000000008981(EBL)471724(OCoLC)646835553(SSID)ssj0000337138(PQKBManifestationID)12083545(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337138(PQKBWorkID)10287172(PQKB)11269495(MiAaPQ)EBC471724(Au-PeEL)EBL471724(CaPaEBR)ebr10333654(CaONFJC)MIL242377(EXLCZ)99267000000000898120090219d2009 ub 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmily Hamilton and other writings[electronic resource] /Sukey Vickery ; edited and with an introduction by Scott SlawinskiLincoln University of Nebraska Press20091 online resource (278 p.)Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writersDescription based upon print version of record.0-8032-1785-4 Includes bibliographical references.Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Emily Hamilton; Poems Published in the Massachusetts Spy; Unpublished Manuscripts; Appendix 1: Tribute to Merit; Appendix 2: [Review of Emily Hamilton]; Notes; Suggestions for Further ReadingSukey Vickery's Emily Hamilton is an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 importLegacies of nineteenth-century American women writers.Women authors, American19th centuryRealism in literatureAmerican literature19th centuryWomen authors, AmericanRealism in literature.American literature818/.309Vickery Sukey1779-1821.1575440Slawinski Scott971827MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792376703321Emily Hamilton and other writings3852412UNINA