Emily Hamilton and other writings [[electronic resource] /] / Sukey Vickery ; edited and with an introduction by Scott Slawinski

• Autore: Vickery Sukey <1779-1821.>
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 818/.309
• Soggetto topico: Women authors, American - 19th century; Realism in literature; American literature - 19th century
• Altri autori: SlawinskiScott
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Emily Hamilton; Poems Published in the Massachusetts Spy; Unpublished Manuscripts; Appendix 1: Tribute to Merit; Appendix 2: [Review of Emily Hamilton]; Notes; Suggestions for Further Reading
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Emily Hamilton and other writings
• ISBN: 1-282-42377-0; 9786612423772; 0-8032-2651-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792376703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers.