In the following essay, Cowie summarizes common plot elements of nineteenth-century sentimental novels, and argues that they prescribed conservative feminine values.
In 1842 William Gilmore Simms r...
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In the following excerpt, Brodhead provides a psychological account of internalized moral discipline by a paradigmatic sentimental character. Only those footnotes pertaining to the following excerpt h...
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In the following chapter from Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America (1986), Davidson discusses the popularity of sentimental novels and the social issues upon which they comment&#x...
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In the essay that follows, Kelley claims that authors of the domestic novel simultaneously glorified and protested women 's domestic roles.
The sentimentalists, especially those who focused ...
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In the following chapter from his The Sentimental Novel in America, 1789-1860, Brown criticizes the sentimental novel for its idealism and consequent neglect of social and political issues.
The ce...
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In the following excerpt, Ryan contends that the cult of domesticity, with its emphasis on mothers as the protectors of morality, linked the sentimental novel to the abolitionist movement.
Most wri...
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In the essay that follows, Lang contends that the sentimental novel displaces class issues by reducing them to race and gender issues.
In 1851 the North American Review published a series of articl...
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In the following essay, Papashvily argues that the domestic novel constitutes a more subtle but equally powerful form of resistance to nineteenth-century patriarchy than the 1848 Seneca Falls conventi...
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In the essay that follows, Douglas asserts that the complex politics of sentimental novels emerges from a combination of American capitalism and Calvinism.
Today many Americans, intellectuals as we...
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In the following essay, Davidson argues that some domestic novels ironically subvert typical social constructions of femininity.'
Even though the late eighteenth-century American public was ...
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In this essay, Tompkins defends the domestic novel against the common criticism that it portrays a narrow, trivial, and overly idealistic world. Only the footnoted material pertaining to the essay bel...
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Long-term Treasury prices rose Friday after investors moved into the government-backed securities when a poll's results showed weakening consumer sentiment.Such a sign of future economic malaise co...
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Munich (dpa) - In a sign that German business is coping with the
strong euro, a monthly index of German business sentiment held
unchanged in May, the IFO institute of econom...
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Munich (dpa) - Business sentiment in Germany dipped slightly in
July, but the economic upswing is expected to continue in the second
half of the year, a key indicator showed...
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A key measure of industry sentiment on the U.S. market for new homes fell to its lowest point in more than 16 years, a trade group said Tuesday, as builders struggled with rising inventories of uns...
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A reading of U.S. homebuilders' sentiment remained near a record low in January, as gloom engulfed the housing industry.The National Association of Home Builders said Wednesday its housing market i...
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OPEC's president and oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia stepped back from direct calls to slash output Wednesday, the eve of the group's year-end meeting, in potential good news for consumers worldwide.Bu...
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Rome (dpa) - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Monday
condemned a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment sweeping the country
following last week's brutal murder of a woman a...
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The presidential candidates have traveled a great distance, in miles, years and station in life. Sights, sounds, keepsakes and a tangy olive burger remind them where they came from.Nothing brings b...
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If not for the Milwaukee Mile, Sam Hornish Jr. might not be here today. Most people go to the modest track in the middle of the state fairgrounds looking for a cold beer, warm bratwurst and good ra...
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Tehran (dpa) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has hurt the
sentiments of Muslims worldwide by knighting Indian-born British
author Salman Rushdie, the Iranian vice speaker sai...
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Treasurys rise on weak sentiment poll
