Mercy Otis Warren: Selected Letters

Mercy Otis Warren: Selected Letters - Hardcover

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Mercy Otis Warren: Selected Letters - Hardcover

Mercy Otis Warren: Selected Letters - Hardcover

by Mercy Otis Warren
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by Jeffrey H. Richards (Editor), Sharon M. Harris (Editor), Mercy Otis Warren (Author)

This volume gathers more than one hundred letters-most of them previously unpublished-written by Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814). Warren, whose works include a three-volume history of the American Revolution as well as plays and poems, was a major literary figure of her era and one of the most important American women writers of the eighteenth century. Her correspondents included Martha and George Washington, Abigail and John Adams, and Catharine Macaulay.

Until now, Warren's letters have been published sporadically, in small numbers, and mainly to help complete the collected correspondence of some of the famous men to whom she wrote. This volume addresses that imbalance by focusing on Warren's letters to her family members and other women. As they flesh out our view of Warren and correct some misconceptions about her, the letters offer a wealth of insights into eighteenth-century American culture, including social customs, women's concerns, political and economic conditions, medical issues, and attitudes on child rearing.

Letters Warren sent to other women who had lost family members (Warren herself lost three children) reveal her sympathies; letters to a favorite son, Winslow, show her sharing her ambitions with a child who resisted her advice. What readers of other Warren letters may have only sensed about her is now revealed more fully: she was a woman of considerable intellect, religious faith, compassion, literary intelligence, and acute sensitivity to the historical moment of even everyday events in the new American republic.

Author Biography

Jeffrey H. Richards (Editor)
JEFFREY H. RICHARDS is a professor of English at Old Dominion University and author of a literary biography of Mercy Otis Warren among other books.

Sharon M. Harris (Editor)
SHARON M. HARRIS is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut. The author or editor of numerous books, she is founder of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers.

Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN
Publication Date: February 15, 2009
ISBN9780820326801
Author Mercy Otis Warren
PublisherUniversity of Georgia Press
GenreBiography, History, and Education
FormatHardcover
PublishedFebruary 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction Social Science

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