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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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The Pearl, Or, Affection's Gift
Author: The Pearl; Or, Affection's Gift
Author: Indices to American Literary Annuals and Gift Books, 1825-1865
Author: Publisher: Primary Source Microfilm
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Literary Annuals and Gift Books
Author: Frederick Winthrop FaxonPublisher:
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Category : Gift books
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Selections from Eliza Leslie
Author: Eliza LesliePublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803238096
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Best known for her culinary and domestic guides and the award-winning short story “Mrs. Washington Potts,” Eliza Leslie deserves a much more prominent place in contemporary literary discussions of the nineteenth century. Her writing, known for its overtly moralistic and didactic tones—though often presented with wit and humor—also provides contemporary readers with a nuanced perspective for understanding the diversity among American women in Leslie’s time. Leslie’s writing serves as a commentary on gender ideals and consumerism; presents complicated constructions of racial, national, and class-based identities; and critiques literary genres such as the Gothic romance and the love letter. These criticisms are exposed through the juxtaposition of her fiction and nonfiction instructive texts, which range from lessons on literary conduct to needlework; from recipes for American and French culinary dishes to travel sketches; from songs to educational games. Demonstrating the complexity of choices available to women at the time, this volume enables readers to see how Leslie’s rhetoric and audience awareness facilitated her ability to appeal to a broad swath of the nineteenth-century reading public.
The Pearl
Author: From Gothic Windows to Peacocks
Author: Edwin WolfPublisher: The Library Company of Phil
ISBN: 0914076825
Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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