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 Belle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; London : Routledge, 2002.
Temas:
Adams, Abigail, > 1744-1818.
Adams, Abigail, > 1744-1818 > Correspondence.
Adams, Abigail, > 1744-1818
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Correspondence.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Presidents' spouses
United States
Biography
Biographies
Personal correspondence
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • [pt. 1.] Eighteenth-century letter
  • ch. 1. Introduction: letters as literature
  • ch. 2. "Remember the ladies"
  • [pt. 2.] Confidential letter
  • ch. 3. Bonds of friendship: the correspondence of Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren
  • [pt. 3.] The travel letter
  • ch. 4. Voyage
  • ch. 5. "In the midst of the world in solitude"
  • ch. 6. At the court of St. James's
  • [pt. 4.] Historic letter
  • ch. 7. "Splendid misery": Abigail Adams as first lady
  • ch. 8. End of the story.

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