Abigail Adams : A Writing Life
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| Title: | Abigail Adams : A Writing Life |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Authors: | Edith B. Gelles |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | E322.1.A38 |
| Categories: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9780415939454 9781138440050 9781136804878 9781136804861 9781136804847 9780203827932 |
