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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... says the following , she catches the crux of each of the three and it is here that one can contrast the readings between the two scholars , Baym and Privett . For Phelps , Privett says , " the world . . .was an extension of heaven , and ...
... says the following , she catches the crux of each of the three and it is here that one can contrast the readings between the two scholars , Baym and Privett . For Phelps , Privett says , " the world . . .was an extension of heaven , and ...
Page 134
... says , ― " Jane , I wisht I was a better man ; ' an ' I says , ❞— talk " Tom , I wisht you was ! ' and he says he'd like to have you to him so I come down . . . . For he never hits me when he's so- ber , and he likes the baby , and so ...
... says , ― " Jane , I wisht I was a better man ; ' an ' I says , ❞— talk " Tom , I wisht you was ! ' and he says he'd like to have you to him so I come down . . . . For he never hits me when he's so- ber , and he likes the baby , and so ...
Page 220
... say that to another man . The power to say it has gone with the growing away . There was the love and the losing , and ... says , but Perley , on the other hand is more suited for her " dreary work ” ( 302 ) . Later in the novel , Perley ...
... say that to another man . The power to say it has gone with the growing away . There was the love and the losing , and ... says , but Perley , on the other hand is more suited for her " dreary work ” ( 302 ) . Later in the novel , Perley ...
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 |