The Morgesons by Elizabeth Stoddard - ISBN: 9780140436518
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A woman’s fight for autonomy against New England’s restrictive norms.

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    304 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 1997

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Summary

Elizabeth Stoddard combines the narrative style of the popular nineteenth-century male-centered bildungsroman with the conventions of women’s romantic fiction in this revolutionary exploration of the conflict between a woman’s instinct, passion, and will, and the social taboos, family allegiances, and traditional New England restraint that inhibit her.

Set in a small seaport town (1862), The Morgesons is the dramatic story of Cassandra Morgeson’s fight against social and reli…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140436518
ISBN-10:0140436510
Author:Elizabeth Stoddard, Lawrence Buell, Sandra Zagarell
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:1 September 1997
Weight:238g
Dimensions:15mm x 147mm x 196mm
Series:Penguin Classics
A-Format
The Morgesons by Elizabeth Stoddard - ISBN: 9780140436518
147 × 196 mm
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A4
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About The Author

Elizabeth Stoddard

Lawrence Buell has written two critical-historical books on nineteenth-century New England writing, Literary Transcendentalism and New England Literary Culture, as well as numerous articles and reviews. He has also edited a collection of the poetry of Walt Whitman and co-edited an anthology of the works of Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard. He is currently Professor and Chairman of the English Department of Oberlin College.

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