ENGLISH

Emily Hamilton and Other Writings

By Sukey Vickery; Scott Slawinski

Book information

Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780803226517, 9780803217850
LCC
PS3129.V54 -- E65 2009eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
919 kB (941319 bytes)
Series
Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American
Edition
1
Pages
278\278
Time added
2023-08-17 20:42:32
American -- 19th century. ; Realism in literature.Women authors

Description

Sukey Vickery’s Emily Hamilton is an epistolary novel dealing with the courtship and marriages of three women. Originally published in 1803, it is one of the earliest examples of realist fiction in America and a departure from other novels at the turn of the nineteenth century. From the outset its author intended it as a realist project, never delving into the overly sentimental plotting or characterization present in much of the writing of Vickery’s contemporaries. Emily Hamilton explores from a decidedly feminine perspective the idea of a woman’s right to choose her own spouse and the importance of female friendship. Vickery’s characterization of women further diverges from the typical eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century didactic of the righteous/sinful woman and depicts, instead, believable female characters exhibiting true-to-life behavior.

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