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...
| Publicado en: | Eighteenth Century Fiction Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 425 - 452 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Toronto Press
Summer2006
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| Sumario: | 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. |
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