Abigail Adams : a Writing Life.

In this book, Edith B. Gelles asserts that Abigail Adams' vivid, insightful letters are ""the best account that exists from the pre to the post-Revolutionary period in America of a woman's life and world."" Adams' spontaneous, witty letters serve dual purposes for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gelles, Edith B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Temas:
Adams, Abigail, > 1744-1818.
Adams, Abigail, > 1744-1818 > Correspondence.
Adams, Abigail, > 1744-1818
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Correspondence.
Presidents' spouses
United States
Biographies
Personal correspondence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chronology; The Eighteenth-Century Letter; Chapter One. Introduction: Letter as Literature; Chapter Two.Remember the Ladies
  • The Confidential Letter; Chapter Three. Bonds of Friendship: The Correspondence of Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren; The TravelLetter; Chapter Four. The Voyage; Chapter Five.In the Midst of the World in Solitude
  • Chapter Six. At the Court ofSt. James's; Interlude; The Historic Letter; Chapter Seven.Splendid Misery: Abigail Adams as First Lady; Part Two: First Lady.
  • EpilogueChapter Eight. End of the Story; Notes and References; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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