CelestinaBroadview Press, 25 באוק׳ 2004 - 603 עמודים Published here for the first time in a modern edition, Charlotte Smith’s third novel is both rivetingly plotted and unique for its time in its powerful depiction of a gifted Romantic woman poet. The novel’s heroine, Celestina, abandoned as a child in a French convent, becomes an independent, witty, and accomplished elegiac poet who, in a reversal of the usual pattern of the courtship novel, acts as a mentor to several men in her life. Written at the beginning of the French Revolution, Smith’s novel depicts characters challenging both corrupt authority and conventional morality, exemplifying her hope that English society was on the verge of a great change for the better. This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and primary source material relating to the novel’s reception, its political contexts (writings by Reverend Richard Price, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Thomas Paine), and the author’s life. |
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תוצאות 1-3 מתוך 77
... immediately to execute the design she had long formed of withdrawing herself from his sight for ever . It was now impossible for her to set out the next day , but that immediately following it , she fixed for her departure ; and after a ...
... immediately necessary . " " And where is Willoughby ? " cried Lady Castlenorth , raising her voice : " I insist upon seeing him . " " I believe he has left London , " answered Molyneux ; “ but I assure you I know not whither he is gone ...
... immediately how to account for the extreme uneasiness Willoughby betrayed , and his sudden resolution to depart for England . When Jarvis , who proceed- ed immediately on his journey , was gone , she found an opportunity a few hours ...
תוכן
Acknowledgements | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 45 |
A Note on the Text | 51 |
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