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Charlotte Temple /
The sentimental novels of the early national period were considered a danger to society and were criticized for the corrupting influence they had on the minds of their mostly young and female audience. They told tales of vice and intrigue that purported to be ""based on fact"" an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©1986.
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| Colección: | Early American women writers.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The sentimental novels of the early national period were considered a danger to society and were criticized for the corrupting influence they had on the minds of their mostly young and female audience. They told tales of vice and intrigue that purported to be ""based on fact"" and also advocated the need for better female education that would prepare young women against sweet-talking seducers. Extremely popular in America after the Revolution and throughout the nineteenth century, Charlotte Temple and The Coquette were two of the most successful novels of the period. Reprinted here in their en |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxx, 120 pages) : facsimiles |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvii-xxxviii). |
| ISBN: | 9780199770281 019977028X 1283097931 9781283097932 9786613097934 6613097934 0199840393 9780199840397 |