Letters from New-York

von Lydia Maria Child

304 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Prominent author and abolitionist Lydia Maria Child began writing her "letters" from New York in August 1841 as a response to the troubling realities marking her private and public life. In particular, she was preoccupied by her editorial duties at the National Anti-Slavery Standard and dismayed by the growing sectarian spirit of antislavery reform. Collected primarily from the pages of the Standard, her literary essays on women's rights, the preaching of African American minister Julia Pell, the Crosby Street Synagogue, animal magnetism, the engineering miracle of Croton Aqueduct, and countless other people, topics, and events capture the breathless and sometimes unsettling transformation of one representative hub of national life.>Long considered among Child's best writing, Letters from New-York still captivates readers with its moving descriptions of enduring cultural realities. It offers readers a telling glimpse of New York as an emerging urban center and is an invaluable addition to the library of American literature.

• ISBN: 9780820320779
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.1998
• Größe: 227 x 152 mm
• Verlag: University of Georgia Press
• Herausgegeben von: Bruce Mills