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1 online resource (x, 311 pages) : illustrations |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction: "What Thinks Your Father of the Present Times?"; Chapter 1 What's Wrong with Charlotte Temple?; Chapter 2 Representing Rowson; Chapter 3 Feel Write; Chapter 4 Daughters of America; Chapter 5 Novel Schoolrooms; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
This book examines the novel Charlotte Temple in the context of its author's, Susanna Rowson's, life and other writings. Rowson was a novelist, actress, playwright, poet, school founder, and early national celebrity. She bears little resemblance to the title character in her most famous creation, Charlotte Temple, yet this best-selling novel has long been perceived as the prime exemplar of female passivity and subjugation in the early Republic. The author shows how an early form of American sentimentalism mediated the constantly shifting balance between autonomy and submission that is key to understanding both Rowson's work and the lives of early American women. She proposes that Rowson found a wide female audience because she articulated meaningful female agency without sacrificing accountability to authority, a particularly useful skill in a nation that idealized womanhood while denying women the most basic rights. Rowson, herself an expert at personal reinvention, invited her readers, theatrical audiences, and students to value carefully crafted female self-presentation as an instrument for the attainment of greater influence |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rowson, Mrs., 1762-1824 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Rowson, Mrs., 1762-1824 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Rowson, Mrs., 1762-1824 fast |
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Rowson, Susanna Haswell. idsbb |
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Rowson, Susanna Haswell. swd |
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Women and literature
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Literatur
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Frauenliteratur
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Frau
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Kvinnor och litteratur -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- 1700-talet.
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Kvinnor och litteratur -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- 1800-talet.
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
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| ISBN |
9781469600840 |
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1469600846 |
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0807838810 |
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9780807838815 |
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