Emily Hamilton and other writings

Vickery, Sukey 1779-1821 (Author). Slawinski, Scott. (Added Author).

Summary: Sukey Vickery's Emily Hamilton is an epistolary novel dealing with the courtship and marriages of three women. Originally published in 1803, it is one of the earliest examples of realist fiction in America and a departure from other novels at the turn of the nineteenth century. From the outset its author intended it as a realist project, never delving into the overly sentimental plotting or characterization present in much of the writing of Vickery's contemporaries. Emily Hamilton explores from a decidedly feminine perspective the idea of a woman's right to choose her own spouse and the import.

Record details

ISBN: 9780803226517 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0803226519 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780803217850 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0803217854 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xlviii, 224 p.)
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:jan.03.13 CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Emily Hamilton -- Poems published in the Massachusetts Spy -- Unpublished manuscripts.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.