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 77
... comes to believe it is easier to get help from the poor than from the wealthy : Nixy knew better than to ask for breakfast ... at the door of one of the houses whose haughty shadows had repelled her . . . . Any one observing her closely ...
... comes to believe it is easier to get help from the poor than from the wealthy : Nixy knew better than to ask for breakfast ... at the door of one of the houses whose haughty shadows had repelled her . . . . Any one observing her closely ...
Page 131
... comes a kind of Christ figure in the novel , eventually suffering a martyr's death . When the lead character , Perley Kelso , a factory owner and member of the " privi- leged " classes , gets to know Sip Garth , Catty's sister and one ...
... comes a kind of Christ figure in the novel , eventually suffering a martyr's death . When the lead character , Perley Kelso , a factory owner and member of the " privi- leged " classes , gets to know Sip Garth , Catty's sister and one ...
Page 223
... comes to believe even more fervently in the necessity of self - sufficiency and feminine strength . However , once the burglary is solved , Corona begins to feel lonely in her " old maid's paradise . " The narrator states , " It was ...
... comes to believe even more fervently in the necessity of self - sufficiency and feminine strength . However , once the burglary is solved , Corona begins to feel lonely in her " old maid's paradise . " The narrator states , " It was ...
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 |