Memory's Daughters : The Material Culture of Remembrance in Eighteenth-Century America /

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A renowned literary coterie in eighteenth-century Philadelphia--Elizabeth Fergusson, Hannah Griffitts, Deborah Logan, Annis Stockton, and Susanna Wright--wrote and exchanged thousands of poems and maintained elaborate handwritten commonplace books of memorabilia. Through their creativity and celebra...

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Main Author: Stabile, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women poets, American.
Women > Intellectual life.
Memory > Social aspects.
American poetry > Women authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Regional .
Femmes > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
Poetesses americaines > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Biographies.
Culture materielle > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Souvenirs (Objets) > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Femmes et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Material culture > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 18th century.
Women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Women poets, American > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
Memory > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
American poetry > Women authors > History and criticism.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface. Mnemosyne's Gift
  • Introduction. The Genealogy of Memory
  • Part One. Memory
  • 1. The Architecture of Memory
  • 2. Pen, Ink and Memory
  • Part Two. Collective Reminiscence
  • 3. Among Her Souvenirs
  • 4. In Memoriam
  • Conclusion. The Ruins of Time
  • Notes
  • Index

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