First Thoughts: Life and Letters of Abigail Adams - Couverture rigide

Gelles, Edith Belle

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0805716483 ISBN 13 : 9780805716481

Editeur : Twayne Publishers Inc.,U.S., 1998

Synopsis

Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.

Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volumeaddresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writers work. A reader new to the work under examination will, after reading theAuthors Series, be compelled to turn to the originals, bringing to the reading a basic knowledge and fresh critical perspectives.

Each volume features:

• A critical, interpretive study and explication of the authors works
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• Aids for further study -- complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index
• A readable style presented in a manageable length

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this book, Edith B. Gelles asserts that Abigail Adams' vivid, insightful letters are "the best account that exists from the pre to the post-Revolutionary period in America of a woman's life and world." Adams' spontaneous, witty letters serve dual purposes for the modern reader: it provides an intriguing first hand account of pivotal historical events and it shows how these events from the Boston Tea Party to the War of 1812 entered the private sphere. Included in the book is a chronology, notes and reference section and a selected bibliography. This book will be a must for all scholars of American literature, history and politics seeking to understand this literary figure.

Biographie de l'auteur

Edith B. Gelles is a Senior Scholar at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford University and the author of Portia: The World of Abigail Adams, winner of the American Historical Association's Herbert Feis Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Twayne Publishers Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805716483
• ISBN 13: 9780805716481
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible