Sentimental Literature as Social Criticism:Susan Warner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Emma D.E.N. Southworth as Active Agents, Negotiating Change in the United States in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

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dc.contributor.authorCann, Jenichka Sarah Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-24T02:55:23Z
dc.date.available2014-07-24T12:20:05Z
dc.date.issued2013en
dc.description.abstractDetractors of sentimental literature argue that such novels are unoriginal and concerned primarily with emotions. Feminist scholars redeem the reputation of sentimental literature to an extent. At present, a multitude of approaches present sentimental authors as active agents, engaging with public issues. Building upon the scholarship of prominent feminist historians and literary critics, this thesis provides direct evidence that three female authors embrace the responsibilities of being a social critic. The Wide, Wide World (1850) by Susan Warner, Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1851) by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and The Hidden Hand (1859) by Emma D.E.N. Southworth provide unique commentaries on the separation of the private and public spheres, market revolution, and religion. Decisive differences between the authors’ opinions reveal a high degree of engagement with the public issues.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/7951
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4907
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Humanitiesen
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNZCUen
dc.rightsCopyright Jenichka Sarah Elizabeth Cannen
dc.rights.urihttps://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/thesesen
dc.subjectdomestic literatureen
dc.subjectsentimental literatureen
dc.subjectStoween
dc.subjectSouthworthen
dc.subjectWarneren
dc.subjectWetherellen
dc.subjectmarket revolutionen
dc.subjectseparate spheresen
dc.subjectreligionen
dc.subjectevangelismen
dc.subjecttrue womanhooden
dc.subjectfeministen
dc.subjectsocial commentaryen
dc.subjectUncle Tom's Cabinen
dc.subjectThe Wide Wide Worlden
dc.subjectThe Hidden Handen
dc.titleSentimental Literature as Social Criticism:Susan Warner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Emma D.E.N. Southworth as Active Agents, Negotiating Change in the United States in the Mid-Nineteenth Centuryen
dc.typeTheses / Dissertations
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Canterburyen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen
uc.bibnumber1946457
uc.collegeFaculty of Artsen
uc.embargo12en
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