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Emily Hamilton and Other Writings

Sukey Vickery author Scott Slawinski editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Published:1st Sep '09

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The first complete collection of Sukey Vickery's writing, consisting of the epistolary novel "Emily Hamilton", poetry, letters, a diary fragment, and a few responses to her work

Sukey Vickery's Emily Hamilton is an epistolary novel dealing with the courtship and marriages of three women. Originally published in 1803, it is one of the earliest examples of realist fiction in America and a departure from other novels at the turn of the nineteenth century.Sukey Vickery’s Emily Hamilton is an epistolary novel dealing with the courtship and marriages of three women. Originally published in 1803, it is one of the earliest examples of realist fiction in America and a departure from other novels at the turn of the nineteenth century. From the outset its author intended it as a realist project, never delving into the overly sentimental plotting or characterization present in much of the writing of Vickery’s contemporaries. Emily Hamilton explores from a decidedly feminine perspective the idea of a woman’s right to choose her own spouse and the importance of female friendship. Vickery’s characterization of women further diverges from the typical eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century didactic of the righteous/sinful woman and depicts, instead, believable female characters exhibiting true-to-life behavior. A presentation of this novel accompanied by Vickery’s poetry, letters, a diary fragment, and a few nineteenth-century responses to her work, Emily Hamilton and Other Writings is the first complete collection of Vickery’s writings.

"Emily Hamilton ... adds to our knowledge of early republican novels while opening lines of inquiry into established ideas about American realism and American women's writing."-Jill Kirsten Anderson, Legacy -- Jill Kirsten Anderson Legacy "The careful editing and cogent and engaging introduction to this volume will guide students and scholars alike, thus helping Sukey Vickery's work to receive the attention that it deserves." -Amy E. Winans, Women's Studies -- Amy E. Winans Women's Studies

ISBN: 9780803217850

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 327g

278 pages