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Loading... Emily Hamilton and Other Writings (Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers)by Sukey Vickery
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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 No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)818.309Literature English (North America) Authors, American and American miscellany Middle 19th Century 1830-61LC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |