Charlotte Temple Susanna Rowson
An unusually rich Contexts section is thematically organized into four parts-Women in Early America: Intellect, Education, Sexuality, Reading in Early America, The American Sentimental, and Selections from Rowson's Writings-and includes works from Rowson's time to our own. Ten illustrations from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are reproduced to further enrich the reading experience.
Criticism collects thirteen insightful assessments of Charlotte Temple spanning four centuries and addressing its central issues. Contributors include Matthew Carey, Samuel L. Knapp, Larzer Ziff, Jane P. Tompkins, Gareth Evans, Julia A. Stern, and Marion Rust, among others.
A Chronology of Susanna Rowson's life and works and a Selected Bibliography are also included.