Title Emily Hamilton and other writings / Sukey Vickery ; edited and with an introduction by Scott Slawinski

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xlviii, 224 pages) Series Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers. Contents Emily Hamilton -- Poems published in the Massachusetts Spy -- Unpublished manuscripts Summary Sukey Vickery's Emily Hamilton is an epistolary novel dealing with the courtship and marriages of three women.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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Women authors, American -- 19th century Realism in literature. American literature -- 19th century. FICTION -- Literary. American literature Realism in literature Women authors, American Form Electronic book Author Slawinski, Scott. ISBN 9780803226517 0803226519

Other Titles Emily Hamilton & other writings

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