Charlotte Temple / Susanna Haswell Rowson; edited with an introduction by Cathy N. Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowson, Mrs., 1762-1824.

Contributor:

Davidson, Cathy N., 1949-

Series:

Early American Women Writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.

British.

Illegitimate children--Fiction.

Illegitimate children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The sentimental novels of the early national period were considered a danger to society and were criticized for the corrupting influence they had on the minds of their mostly young and female audience. They told tales of vice and intrigue that purported to be ""based on fact"" and also advocated the need for better female education that would prepare young women against sweet-talking seducers. Extremely popular in America after the Revolution and throughout the nineteenth century, Charlotte Temple and The Coquette were two of the most successful novels of the period. Reprinted here in their en

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Note on the Text; Selected Bibliography; Chronology of Susanna Haswell Rowson; Advertisement from the original British edition (1791); Preface; VOLUME I; VOLUME II

Notes:

"First American edition, under the title: Charlotte, a tale of truth, 1794."

Bibliography: p. [xxxvii]-xxxviii.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-984039-3

1-283-09793-1

9786613097934

0-19-977028-X

OCLC:

712015977