Emily Hamilton and Other Writings.
Title:
Emily Hamilton and Other Writings.
Author:
Vickery, Sukey.
ISBN:
9780803226517
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (278 pages)
Series:
Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Emily Hamilton -- Poems Published in the Massachusetts Spy -- Lines, Addressed to John Adams , Esq. -- Beauty -- Address to Piety -- Character of a Young Lady -- To Fidelia [1] -- To Theodorus -- Resignation -- To the Memory of Miss H. who departed thislife on the 6th of July, after a short illness -- To Fidelia [2] -- To Theodorus -- Evening Reflections -- [While fair Fidelia, favorite of the Nine] -- To Eugene -- To Fidelia [3] -- To Theodorus -- To Content -- Lines, Occasioned by the Death of Miss E**** -- Summer -- [Where the high spreading branches excludePhoebus' beams] -- Sonnet to Fidelia -- To Frederic -- Unpublished Manuscripts -- Ode for the New year. Jan. 1st, 1784. -- [Letter to Adeline Hartwell] -- Address to Hope. -- A tale for those who deal in the marvelous -- [Why was I born devoid of evry charm] -- [Ask rather, why the fates ordain'd it so] -- To Adelaide- -- [Letter to Isaiah Thomas Junior] -- [Journal] -- Appendix 1: Tribute to Merit -- Appendix 2: [Review of Emily Hamilton] -- Notes -- Suggestions for Further Reading.
Abstract:
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 importance of female friendship. Vickery's characterization of women further diverges from the typical eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century didactic of the righteous/sinful woman and depicts, instead, believable female characters exhibiting true-to-life behavior.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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