Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 484, [6] p)
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Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0812241401
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9780812241402
Serie:
Early American studies
Inhalt:
Thanks to the recent discovery of Judith Sargent Murray's papers--including some 2,500 personal letters--Sheila L. Skemp has documented the compelling story of a talented and most unusual eighteenth-century woman.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Rebellions: 1769-1784 -- Chapter 1: "This Remote Spot" -- Chapter 2: Universal Salvation -- Chapter 3: Independence -- Chapter 4: Creating a Genteel Nation -- Part II. Republic of Letters: 1783-1798 -- Chapter 5: "Sweet Peace" -- Chapter 6: A Belle Passion -- Chapter 7: A Wider World -- Chapter 8: A Career of Fame -- Chapter 9: "A School of Virtue" -- Chapter 10: Federalist Muse -- Part III. Retreat: 1798-1820 -- Chapter 11: "We Are Fallen on Evil Times" -- Chapter 12: Republican Daughters, Republican Sons -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- List of Archival Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-471) and index
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part I. Rebellions: 1769-1784""; ""Chapter 1: "This Remote Spot"""; ""Chapter 2: Universal Salvation""; ""Chapter 3: Independence""; ""Chapter 4: Creating a Genteel Nation""; ""Part II. Republic of Letters: 1783-1798""; ""Chapter 5: "Sweet Peace"""; ""Chapter 6: A Belle Passion""; ""Chapter 7: A Wider World""; ""Chapter 8: A Career of Fame""; ""Chapter 9: "A School of Virtue"""; ""Chapter 10: Federalist Muse""; ""Part III. Retreat: 1798-1820""; ""Chapter 11: "We Are Fallen on Evil Times"""; ""Chapter 12: Republican Daughters, Republican Sons""
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""Epilogue""""Afterword""; ""List of Archival Sources""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Acknowledgments""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780812203523
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780812241402
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe First Lady of Letters : Judith Sargent Murray and the Struggle for Female Independence
Sprache:
Englisch
