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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vickery, Sukey, 1779-1821.

Contributor:

Slawinski, Scott.

Series:

Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers.

Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women authors, American--19th century.

Women authors, American.

Realism in literature.

American literature--19th century.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Emily Hamilton & other writings

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

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Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Emily Hamilton; Poems Published in the Massachusetts Spy; Unpublished Manuscripts; Appendix 1: Tribute to Merit; Appendix 2: [Review of Emily Hamilton]; Notes; Suggestions for Further Reading

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612423772

9781282423770

1282423770

9780803226517

0803226519

OCLC:

646835553