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Rush, Rebecca

 
9781554812004: Kelroy (Broadview Editions)
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ISBN 10: 1554812003 ISBN 13: 9781554812004
Editorial: Broadview Press Ltd, 2016

Sinopsis

Kelroy, a nearly-forgotten 1812 novel by Rebecca Rush, combines the refinement of the novel of manners with the Gothic novel's hidden evil to tell the story of the star-crossed lovers Emily Hammond and the romantic Kelroy, whose romance is doomed by the machinations of Emily's mother. Set in the elite world of Philadelphia's Atlantic Rim society, Kelroy transcends the genre of sentimental romance to expose the financial pressures that motivate Mrs. Hammond's gambles. As she sacrifices her daughter to maintain the appearance of urbane wealth, Mrs. Hammond emerges as one of the most compellingly detestable figures in early American literature.

Appendices include materials on gender, economics, and marriage; games and dancing; and gambling and the lottery in early urban America. A group of illustrations of early-nineteenth-century Philadelphia is also included.

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Acerca del autor

Betsy Klimasmith is Associate Professor of English and Director, M.A. Program in English, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA. She is the Associate Editor of the New England Quarterly.

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Kelroy, a nearly-forgotten 1812 novel by Rebecca Rush, combines the refinement of the novel of manners with the Gothic novel's hidden evil to tell the story of the star-crossed lovers Emily Hammond and the romantic Kelroy, whose romance is doomed by the machinations of Emily's mother. Set in the elite world of Philadelphia's Atlantic Rim society, Kelroy transcends the genre of sentimental romance to expose the financial pressures that motivate Mrs. Hammond's gambles. As she sacrifices her daughter to maintain the appearance of urbane wealth, Mrs. Hammond emerges as one of the most compellingly detestable figures in early American literature.

Appendices include materials on gender, economics, and marriage; games and dancing; and gambling and the lottery in early urban America. A group of illustrations of early-nineteenth-century Philadelphia is also included.

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Editorial
Broadview Press Ltd
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1554812003
ISBN 13 
9781554812004
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
280
Editor
Klimasmith Betsy
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
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9780195077032: Kelroy (Early American Women Writers S.)

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0195077032 ISBN 13:  9780195077032
Editorial: Oxford University Press Inc, 1993
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