A Comprehensive Study of American Writer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911: Art for Truth's SakeEdwin Mellen Press, 2003 - 291 pages This work examines the novels, essays, and short stories of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps within their cultural/historical context. It examines the social climate and reform movements during Phelps' writing career, and shows how she was a woman ahead of her time in the 19th century. |
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... father , and he believed his father's success was due to his mother . Eliakim Phelps established one of the first Sunday schools in his county " much to the disapproval of his deacons , " " worked as a pastor , became a princi- pal for ...
... father , and he believed his father's success was due to his mother . Eliakim Phelps established one of the first Sunday schools in his county " much to the disapproval of his deacons , " " worked as a pastor , became a princi- pal for ...
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... father was conscientious in his ministerial duties to the detriment of his own personal feelings and desires , ac- cording to Phelps . In her biography of her father , she writes about his Pine Street years : " [ T ] he wear and tear of ...
... father was conscientious in his ministerial duties to the detriment of his own personal feelings and desires , ac- cording to Phelps . In her biography of her father , she writes about his Pine Street years : " [ T ] he wear and tear of ...
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... father was certainly the hero . Of him she writes , " He who becomes father and mother in one to motherless children , bears a burden which men shirk or stagger under ; and there was not a shirking cell in his brain or heart ...
... father was certainly the hero . Of him she writes , " He who becomes father and mother in one to motherless children , bears a burden which men shirk or stagger under ; and there was not a shirking cell in his brain or heart ...
Contents
The Literary Life of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps | 1 |
Phelps | 27 |
The Fingers of the World | 61 |
Copyright | |
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Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and ... Ben Railton No preview available - 2007 |