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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... woman can- not be a " true woman " if she is married and loves her husband and children ; she is saying that a woman must not subsume her nature completely in her family . Inter- estingly , by 1871 when she wrote the essay , Phelps did ...
... woman can- not be a " true woman " if she is married and loves her husband and children ; she is saying that a woman must not subsume her nature completely in her family . Inter- estingly , by 1871 when she wrote the essay , Phelps did ...
Page 209
... woman has a fixed nature , writing : Our ideals of [ woman's nature ] are , par excellence , fictitious and contingent . The traits which we attribute to it we have just as much reason to consider inherent in it ... True Woman and Man⚫ 209.
... woman has a fixed nature , writing : Our ideals of [ woman's nature ] are , par excellence , fictitious and contingent . The traits which we attribute to it we have just as much reason to consider inherent in it ... True Woman and Man⚫ 209.
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... True Woman , " but they were believed to be incapable of becoming that ideal , for class , as Stansell views it , was considered biologically de- termined . In her novel Hedged In , Phelps again argues against ... True Woman and Man⚫ 211.
... True Woman , " but they were believed to be incapable of becoming that ideal , for class , as Stansell views it , was considered biologically de- termined . In her novel Hedged In , Phelps again argues against ... True Woman and Man⚫ 211.
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 |