Sophia Peabody Hawthorne

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A Life, Volume 1, 1809–1847

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

519 kr

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In Sophia Peabody Hawthorne: A Life, Patricia Dunlavy Valenti presents Nathaniel Hawthorne's spouse on her own terms, situating her remarkable life within its own historical, philosophical, and cultural context, and freeing her from notions that Nathaniel constructed and that his biographers perpetuated. The first of this two-volume work recounts Sophia's accomplishments as one of America's first professional women artists, a transcendentalist thinker, and a prolific travel writer. The second volume explores Sophia's abandonment of her artistic career—at Nathaniel's urging—to adopt the roles of wife and mother, widow and impoverished guardian of her husband's legacy, and, finally, expatriate.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-03-18
Mått18 x 229 x 152 mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor322
FörlagLouisiana State University Press
ISBN9780807185407

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"A critical piece of scholarship on American women artists and women's contributions to transcendentalism, this book remains as relevant today as when it was first published." - Kate Culkin, author of Emerson's Daughters: Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edith Emerson Forbes, and Their Family Legacy"Patricia Dunlavy Valenti's first volume of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne: A Life challenges the critical, cultural, and familial constructions of the wife of one of America's greatest authors, while at the same time challenging our concept of biography itself." - Andrea Knutson, associate professor, Department of English, Creative Writing and Film, Oakland University