Letters from New-York - Couverture souple

Child, Lydia Maria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0820320773 ISBN 13 : 9780820320779

Editeur : University of Georgia Press, 1998

Synopsis

Prominent author and abolitionist Lydia Maria Child began writing her "letters" from New York in August 1841 as a response to the troubling realities marking her private and public life. In particular, she was preoccupied by her editorial duties at the National Anti-Slavery Standard and dismayed by the growing sectarian spirit of antislavery reform. Collected primarily from the pages of the Standard, her literary essays on women's rights, the preaching of African American minister Julia Pell, the Crosby Street Synagogue, animal magnetism, the engineering miracle of Croton Aqueduct, and countless other people, topics, and events capture the breathless and sometimes unsettling transformation of one representative hub of national life.In his general introduction and annotation of the text, Bruce Mills reconstructs the biographical and cultural context surrounding the book's publication and documents substantive changes between the Standard's version of the letters and the book form. This edition also includes ten letters that Child chose to omit from earlier editions, including essays on the farewell gathering for the Amistad captives at the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and the near lynching of British abolitionist George Thompson. Long considered among Child's best writing, Letters from New-York still captivates readers with its moving descriptions of enduring cultural realities. It offers readers a telling glimpse of New York as an emerging urban center and is an invaluable addition to the library of American literature.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

LYDIA MARIA CHILD (1802-1880) was an author, abolitionist, suffragist, and pioneer in children's education.

BRUCE MILLS is an associate professor of English at Kalamazoo College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Georgia Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820320773
• ISBN 13: 9780820320779
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Mills Bruce
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