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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Page 92
... asked of me before " ( 39 ) . After learning of the obstacles Sip and the other mill workers face daily , Perley struggles against the limited role she is given by Maverick and his father in the running of the mill . Although she is ...
... asked of me before " ( 39 ) . After learning of the obstacles Sip and the other mill workers face daily , Perley struggles against the limited role she is given by Maverick and his father in the running of the mill . Although she is ...
Page 125
... asked the world since he asked , " What think ye of Christ ? " on Calvary . . . . Quietly , gradually , powerfully in the hearts of timid women and magnanimous men an " agitation " is becoming a consecration ; a problem is solving into ...
... asked the world since he asked , " What think ye of Christ ? " on Calvary . . . . Quietly , gradually , powerfully in the hearts of timid women and magnanimous men an " agitation " is becoming a consecration ; a problem is solving into ...
Page 162
... asked it , and the mother of Miriam , and the neighbors of Anna the Prophetess ; Joan of Arc unquestionably heard it ; and Elizabeth Fry , and Elizabeth Brown- ing , and Florence Nightingale , . . . and the rest for whose sakes the ...
... asked it , and the mother of Miriam , and the neighbors of Anna the Prophetess ; Joan of Arc unquestionably heard it ; and Elizabeth Fry , and Elizabeth Brown- ing , and Florence Nightingale , . . . and the rest for whose sakes the ...
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 |