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 34
... writes , " I know nothing about Heaven . It is very far off . . . . If I were to go there , it could do me no good , for I should not see Roy . Or if by chance I should see him stand- ing up among the grand , white angels , he would not ...
... writes , " I know nothing about Heaven . It is very far off . . . . If I were to go there , it could do me no good , for I should not see Roy . Or if by chance I should see him stand- ing up among the grand , white angels , he would not ...
Page 134
... writes , " [ Life ] has never given me another hour when I felt that I had found the chief privilege of existence , as I felt when I forgot myself and pleaded with Heaven for those miserable men . ' Phelps began giving tem- perance ...
... writes , " [ Life ] has never given me another hour when I felt that I had found the chief privilege of existence , as I felt when I forgot myself and pleaded with Heaven for those miserable men . ' Phelps began giving tem- perance ...
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... writes , “ There never was a civilized woman who had more of the ' for- est primeval ' in her than I , and never one who was less suspected of it " ( 34 ) . Marna resents the walls around her house , for they keep her isolated from the ...
... writes , “ There never was a civilized woman who had more of the ' for- est primeval ' in her than I , and never one who was less suspected of it " ( 34 ) . Marna resents the walls around her house , for they keep her isolated from 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 |