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Sto caricando le informazioni... Hope Leslie: or, Early Times in the Massachusetts (Penguin Classics) (originale 1827; edizione 1998)di Catharine Maria Sedgwick (Autore), Carolyn L. Karcher (A cura di), Carolyn L. Karcher (Introduzione)
Informazioni sull'operaHope Leslie: or, Early Times in the Massachusetts di Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1827)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This tale of two sisters split by an Indian attack (one is captured, one escapes) starts off interestingly enough, but kind of peters out in the end, alternating between boredom and over-the-top melodrama. My favorite bits were the digs at Puritan morality; the Puritans were pretty awful in retrospect. found this for $1 in a thrift store. I recognized the author's name from the biographies of such early New England women as Margaret Fuller and Louisa May Alcott, both of whom (I think I recall) read her as girls. A fun read- quite dramatic and romantic. and interesting for its history. She describes the outskirts of Springfield Mass as dark with the endless canopy of trees. Not PC for modern times, though; she is meant to be speaking up for Native Americans, but the perspective on the "noble savages" is pretty telling. Written in the early nineteenth century, Hope Leslie is a novel set in Puritanical New England by Catharine Maria Sedgwick. The conflict between the Puritans and the Pequod Native Americans is illustrated by the relationship between Magawisca, an Indian "princess," and the family and relations of Alice "Hope" Leslie. The novel is historical, part romantic comedy, and sentimental. Sedgwick both praises the early settlers of America for their bravery in moving to a new continent, but also heavily critiques the stifling Calvinist society for its strict rules, unabashed bigotry, and deep-set beliefs of superiority. I enjoyed the novel, though sometimes the language was a little difficult to decipher. My favorite characters were Everell, Hope's love interest and a courageous, understanding boy, and Magawisca, the proud, loyal girl of a dying people. Published in 1827, [Hope Leslie] is an historical fiction set in Massachusetts during the early years of the colony. It presents two heroines, Hope Leslie, a thoughtful, charming and spirited colonist, and Magawisca, a noble, passionate and wise, young native American woman; both compelling and credible. The story is full of danger, intrigue, love, family and frontier - quite compelling if one has patience for the sometimes thick, antique prose and many digressions (which the narrator is only too willing to apologize for). The author was a contemporary of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper and aimed, as they did, to write a truly 'American' novel which showcased our landscapes, history and values but Sedgwick focused on women's lives. Her novel is more nuanced than her contemporaries, there is a lot she questions through her narrative. This novel is perhaps an underappreciated part of our literary heritage and a great read. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Hope Leslie (1827), set in the seventeenth-century New England, is a novel that forced readers to confront the consequences of the Puritans' subjugation and displacement of the indigenous Indian population at a time when contemporaries were demanding still more land from the Cherokees, the Chickasaws, and the Choctaws. "This handsome reprint ... makes available after many decades the New Englander's tale of seventeeth-century Puritans, and their relations with the indigenous Indian population." -- Nineteeth-Century Literature " A splendidly conceived edition of Sedwick's historical romance. Highly recommended." --Choice "Develop(s) the connections between patriarchal authority within the Puritan state and its policy of dispossessing and exterminating Indians. The different heritage it envisions explicitly link white women and Indians and elaborates a communal concept of liberty at odds with the individualistic concept which predominated in American culture." -- Legacy Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Although I think this book is a sentimental, anti-woman work, there is something important to be said about the fame of this early work of American literature that was written by a woman. An article by Jane Tompkins elucidates the importance and unjust treatment received by Susanna Rowson in her lifetime and how that heritage of dismissal was carried on into our age. Charles Brockden Brown is considered the father of the American novel, but Rowson was writing at the same period and much more prolifically than Brown did. But because of the gender stereotyping and restrictions, considering her for the role of the mother of the American novel would've been impossible to consider. In many ways, Rowson would've agreed with this assessment of her work, at least considering the contents of this novel. She is not interested in exalting the place of women, but in reaffirming the status quo. In this way Brown should be considered the father of American literature because he challenged the status quo in many ways. ( )