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Early American Women Writers

Early American Women Writers

Hannah Webster Foster

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Oxford University Press
Año de edición:
1987
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Ficción clásica
ISBN:
9780195042399
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The Coquette tells the much-publicized story of the seduction and death of Elizabeth Whitman, a poet from Hartford, Connecticut.

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    A spirited heroine. A dangerous flirtation. A society unwilling to forgive.Published anonymously in 1797, The Coquette quickly became one of the most widely read novels of early America. Inspired by the real-life story of Elizabeth Whitman-an intelligent and accomplished young woman whose tragic death became a national scandal-Hannah Webster Foster’s epistolary novel explores t...
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