02874nam 2200649Ia 450 991081398590332120200520144314.01-282-42377-097866124237720-8032-2651-9(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 /Sukey Vickery ; edited and with an introduction by Scott Slawinski1st ed.Lincoln 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Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Emily Hamilton; Poems Published in the Massachusetts Spy; Unpublished Manuscripts; Appendix 1: Tribute to Merit; Appendix 2: [Review of Emily Hamilton]; Notes; Suggestions for Further ReadingSukey Vickery's Emily Hamilton is an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.Emily Hamilton & other writingsWomen authors, American19th centuryRealism in literatureAmerican literature19th centuryWomen authors, AmericanRealism in literature.American literature818/.309Vickery Sukey1779-1821.1665156Slawinski Scott971827MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813985903321Emily Hamilton and other writings4023619UNINA