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First Lady of Letters : Judith Sargent Murray and the Struggle for Female Independence.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Early American StudiesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (507 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812203523
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: First Lady of LettersDDC classification:
  • 818/.209 B
LOC classification:
  • PS808.M8
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Rebellions: 1769-1784 -- Chapter 1: "This Remote Spot" -- Chapter 2: Universal Salvation -- Chapter 3: Independence -- Chapter 4: Creating a Genteel Nation -- Part II. Republic of Letters: 1783-1798 -- Chapter 5: "Sweet Peace" -- Chapter 6: A Belle Passion -- Chapter 7: A Wider World -- Chapter 8: A Career of Fame -- Chapter 9: "A School of Virtue" -- Chapter 10: Federalist Muse -- Part III. Retreat: 1798-1820 -- Chapter 11: "We Are Fallen on Evil Times" -- Chapter 12: Republican Daughters, Republican Sons -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- List of Archival Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Thanks to the recent discovery of Judith Sargent Murray's papers--including some 2,500 personal letters--Sheila L. Skemp has documented the compelling story of a talented and most unusual eighteenth-century woman.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Rebellions: 1769-1784 -- Chapter 1: "This Remote Spot" -- Chapter 2: Universal Salvation -- Chapter 3: Independence -- Chapter 4: Creating a Genteel Nation -- Part II. Republic of Letters: 1783-1798 -- Chapter 5: "Sweet Peace" -- Chapter 6: A Belle Passion -- Chapter 7: A Wider World -- Chapter 8: A Career of Fame -- Chapter 9: "A School of Virtue" -- Chapter 10: Federalist Muse -- Part III. Retreat: 1798-1820 -- Chapter 11: "We Are Fallen on Evil Times" -- Chapter 12: Republican Daughters, Republican Sons -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- List of Archival Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

Thanks to the recent discovery of Judith Sargent Murray's papers--including some 2,500 personal letters--Sheila L. Skemp has documented the compelling story of a talented and most unusual eighteenth-century woman.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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