The Recess, Or, A Tale of Other TimesUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2000 - 364 Seiten First published in an era when most novels about young women concentrated on courtship and marriage, this novel portrays women involved in political intrigues and overseas journeys. It is set during the reign of Elizabeth I, and features as narrators, fictional daughters of Mary, Queen of Scots. |
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... considered to be moral as well as aesthetic failings in a literary work . Female authors were by far the most susceptible to such critique , since authorship was in itself potentially a transgression of the norm of feminine modesty ...
... considered to be moral as well as aesthetic failings in a literary work . Female authors were by far the most susceptible to such critique , since authorship was in itself potentially a transgression of the norm of feminine modesty ...
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... considered " British " and those that are now considered " American " : color and colour , etc. In the third edition , the editor or printer seems to make something of an effort to standardize Lee's spelling in the direction of modern ...
... considered " British " and those that are now considered " American " : color and colour , etc. In the third edition , the editor or printer seems to make something of an effort to standardize Lee's spelling in the direction of modern ...
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... considered this over so often , that she had reconciled herself to every article.— The Queen thought more of war than marriage , and surely if Lord Leicester could be brought to do justice to her heart , her youth would never be considered ...
... considered this over so often , that she had reconciled herself to every article.— The Queen thought more of war than marriage , and surely if Lord Leicester could be brought to do justice to her heart , her youth would never be considered ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Urheberrecht | |
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affection alike Ann Radcliffe appeared arms behold bosom Cecil charm conduct Court cried danger dared daughter dear death Dornock dreadful Duke duke of Norfolk Earl Elizabeth Ellinor England eyes fancy fatal fate favorite fear fortune Frances Burney gave Goldsmith Gothic Gothic fiction Gothic novel grief hand happy heart Heaven Hester Piozzi hope Hume idea indulgence Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle King knew Lady Arundel Lady Pembroke Lady Southampton Lee's letter London Lord Arlington Lord Burghley Lord Essex Lord Leicester lover Madam marriage Mary Matilda mind misfortune Mortimer mother nature never noble Norfolk novel once passion perhaps Piozzi pleasure Prince prison Queen of Scots Recess resolved retired Robertson safety secret seemed sense sensible servants shewed sighed silence sister Sophia Lee soul suffer sunk surprize sweet tears tender thee thou thought tion Tracey voice wish wretch youth