Uncivil Tongues: Slander and Honour in Susanna Rowson's "Trials of the Human Heart."

This article presents a look at the novel "Trials of the Human Heart," by Susanna Rowson, in which the main character, Meriel Howard, is accosted and slandered by an admirer. The author of the article claims that "Trials of the Human Heart" was a way for Rowson to respond indirectly to a situation i...

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Published in:	Eighteenth Century Fiction Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 425 - 452
Main Author:	Fichtelberg, Joseph
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	University of Toronto Press Summer2006
Subjects:	Trials of the Human Heart (Book) Rowson, Mrs., 1762-1824 Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 Libel & slander Republicanism
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	This article presents a look at the novel "Trials of the Human Heart," by Susanna Rowson, in which the main character, Meriel Howard, is accosted and slandered by an admirer. The author of the article claims that "Trials of the Human Heart" was a way for Rowson to respond indirectly to a situation in which she was slandered by William Cobbett, who criticized her conversion to republicanism.