The Early American NovelColumbia University Press, 1907 - 131 páginas |
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Adventures Alonzo American novelists appeared Arthur Mervyn betrothed Bloomsgrove Boston British fiction C. B. Brown Caleb Williams Carwin character Charles Brockden Brown Charlotte Charlotte Temple chief Clara Howard Constantius contemporaries Cooper Davis described didactic didacticism early American fiction EARLY AMERICAN NOVEL Edgar Huntly edition elegant Eliza England Enos Hitchcock Falkland female Female Quixote Flint forest Founded on Fact friends Godwin Gothic novel Hapless Orphan hero heroine Historical Novel Hope Leslie idealized Illuminati Indian influence interest Irish James Fenimore Jane Talbot Jenny Kelroy letters literary literature London Ludloe manners married Massachusetts Magazine Melissa Memoirs ment moral Morton mysterious narrative Natty Bumppo nature novel-writing Ormond Ouabi patriotic personages Philadelphia political popular Power of Sympathy published Pulchera Quixote reader Revolution romance Rowson satirical scenes Sedgwick seems sentimental spirit story tion Unca villain virtues vols Wieland wilderness writing York York Magazine young ladies youth
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Página 4 - Tim had made shift to live many years by writing novels, at the rate of five pounds a volume; but that branch of business is now engrossed by female authors, who publish merely for the propagation of virtue, with so much ease, and spirit, and delicacy, and knowledge of the human heart, and all in the serene tranquillity of high life, that the reader is not only enchanted by their genius, but reformed by their morality.
Página 7 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds ; Then sadly say, with mutual pity mov'd, " O, may we never love as these have lov'd...
Página 115 - Providence, 1825. f 103. The Witches of N E. A Romance. Philadelphia, 1825. 104. Cheney, Harriet Vaughan. (See also No. 116) — A Peep at the Pilgrims in 1636. A tale of Olden Times, by the author of Divers Unfinished Manuscripts, etc. Boston, 1825. 2 vols. 105. Child, Lydia Maria. ( See also No. 91 ) — The Rebels, or Boston before the Revolution. Boston, 1825. 106. Cooper, James Fenimore. ( See also Nos. 71, 73, 82, 83, 112, 117, 122, 134, 139) — Lionel Lincoln; or the Leaguer of Boston. By...
Página 67 - The sources of amusement to the fancy and instruction to the heart, that are peculiar to ourselves, are equally numerous and inexhaustible. It is the purpose of this work to profit by some of these sources...
Página 105 - Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker, in Prose and Verse. To which is added, A Collection of Essays, Prose and Poetical, by Margaretta V. Faugeres. New York: T.
Página 111 - History of the Female American, or the Extraordinary Adventures of Unca Eliza Winkfield, Compiled by Herself.
Página 106 - CYNTHIA ; with the Tragical Account of the Unfortunate Loves of Almerin and Desdemona : being a N ovel. Done by an English Hand. The Sixth Edition corrected. London : Printed for Eben. Tracy, at the Three Bibles on London Bridge." (Date erased.) Who was the "English Hand," and what was the date of publication ? G.
Página 67 - Puerile superstition and exploded manners; Gothic castles and chimeras, are the materials usually employed for this end. The incidents of Indian hostility, and the perils of the western wilderness...
Página 106 - The female review: or, Memoirs of an American young lady; whose life and character are peculiarly distinguished — being a continental soldier, for nearly three years, in the late American war.