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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Publicado en:Eighteenth Century Fiction Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 425 - 452
Autor principal: Fichtelberg, Joseph
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Toronto Press Summer2006
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