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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... letters written between Margaret and Jane , the narrator of the story . These let- ters serve to summarize events that take place over longer periods of time and re- veal Margaret's internal conflicts . In a letter Margaret writes to ...
... letters written between Margaret and Jane , the narrator of the story . These let- ters serve to summarize events that take place over longer periods of time and re- veal Margaret's internal conflicts . In a letter Margaret writes to ...
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... Letter , March 5 , 1877 , private papers of T. Franklin Currier . Quoted in The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier 187 . 71 Susan Brown , " Sappho Notesā« 251.
... Letter , March 5 , 1877 , private papers of T. Franklin Currier . Quoted in The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier 187 . 71 Susan Brown , " Sappho Notesā« 251.
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... letters written to Phelps , often in response to an earlier letter . Child , Lydia Maria . Letters of Lydia Maria Child . Eds . James M. McPherson and William Loren Katz . New York : Arno Press , 1969 . Holmes , Oliver Wendell . Life and ...
... letters written to Phelps , often in response to an earlier letter . Child , Lydia Maria . Letters of Lydia Maria Child . Eds . James M. McPherson and William Loren Katz . New York : Arno Press , 1969 . Holmes , Oliver Wendell . Life and ...
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 |