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1 online resource (xliv, 272 pages) |
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Women writers in English 1350-1850 |
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Women writers in English 1350-1850.
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Selected essays. On the equality of the sexes -- Observations on female abilities -- Desultory thoughts upon the utility of encouraging a degree of self-complacency, especially in female bosoms -- Sketch of the present situation of America, 1794 -- Necessity of religion, especially in adversity -- Spirit independent of matter -- Selected letters -- The traveler returned -- Story of Margaretta |
| Summary |
* Includes selections from The Gleaner, her major work, and other publications As a novelist, essayist, dramatist, and poet, Judith Sargent Murray candidly and often humorously asserted her opinions about the social and political conditions of women in late eighteenth-century America. As a committed feminist, she urged American women to enter a 'new era in female history', yet published her own writings under a man's name in the hopes of more widely disseminating her ideas |
| Analysis |
English literature |
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United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Börngen, ... gnd |
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Feminism -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Literary collections
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Women -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Literary collections
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Feminism
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Women
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Frau
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United States
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USA
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Literature
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History
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Literary collections
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Literature.
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Littérature.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harris, Sharon M
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| ISBN |
1423737040 |
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9781423737049 |
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9780195078831 |
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0195078837 |
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9780195100389 |
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0195100387 |
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1280443197 |
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9781280443190 |
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