Atlantic families : lives and letters in the later eighteenth century / Sarah M.S. Pearsall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearsall, Sarah M. S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Families.

Families--United States--History--18th century.

English letters--History and criticism.

English letters.

American letters--History and criticism.

American letters.

Letter writing--History--18th century.

Letter writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Atlantic represented a world of opportunity in the eighteenth century, but it represented division also, separating families across its coasts. Whether due to economic shifts, changing political landscapes, imperial ambitions, or even simply personal tragedy, many families found themselves fractured and disoriented by the growth and later fissure of a larger Atlantic world. Such dislocation posed considerable challenges to all individuals who viewed orderly family relations asboth a general and a personal ideal. The more fortunate individuals who thus found themselves divided by the Atlant

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Prologue. 'This Silent Art': Reading Other People's Letters; Introduction; I. 'DEALING BY INK ALTOGETHER': MECHANISMS OF CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION; Introduction; 1. Fractured Families: The Perils and Possibilities of Atlantic Distance; 2. Familiarity in Life and Letters; 3. Sensibility in Life and Letters; 4. Credit in Life and Letters; II. 'WHAT MAY BE OUR LOT' : STORIES OF CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION; Introduction; 5. The Repentant Son and the Unforgiving Father: Making a Man of Feeling, a Man of Credit

6. The Farewell Between Husband and Wife: The Politics of Family Feeling7. The Old Husband and the Young Wife: Scandal, Feeling, and Distance; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-281) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-960044-9

9786612076220

1-282-07622-1

0-19-155979-2

OCLC:

646423822