The Morgesons
$28.89
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 September 1997
Summary
Elizabeth Stoddard combines the narrative style of the popular nineteenth-century male-centered bildungsroman with the conventions of women’s romantic fiction in this revolutionary exploration of the conflict between a woman’s instinct, passion, and will, and the social taboos, family allegiances, and traditional New England restraint that inhibit her.
Set in a small seaport town (1862), The Morgesons is the dramatic story of Cassandra Morgeson’s fight against social and reli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140436518 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140436510 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Stoddard, Lawrence Buell, Sandra Zagarell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 1997 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 147mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Elizabeth Stoddard
Lawrence Buell has written two critical-historical books on nineteenth-century New England writing, Literary Transcendentalism and New England Literary Culture, as well as numerous articles and reviews. He has also edited a collection of the poetry of Walt Whitman and co-edited an anthology of the works of Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard. He is currently Professor and Chairman of the English Department of Oberlin College.
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