Hope Leslie, Or, Early Times in the Massachusetts - Brossura

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria

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ISBN 10: 0813512220 ISBN 13: 9780813512228

Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr, 1987

Riassunto

A novel set in the 17th century portrays the results of the Puritans oppression of the Indians

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Set in seventeenth-century New England, Hope Leslie (1827) portrays early American life and celebrates the role of women in building the republic. A counterpoint to the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, it challenges the conventional view of Indians, tackles interracial marriage and cross-cultural friendship, and claims for women their rightful place in history. At the center of the novel are two friends. Hope Leslie, a spirited thinker in a repressive Puritan society, fights for justice for the Indians and asserts the independence of women. Magawisca, the passionate daughter of a Pequot chief, braves her father's wrath to save a white man and risks her freedom to reunite Hope with her long-lost sister, captured as a child by the Pequots and now married to Magawisca's brother. Amply plotted, with unforgettable characters, Hope Leslie is a rich, compelling, deeply satisfying novel.

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• Editore: Rutgers Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0813512220
• ISBN 13: 9780813512228
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 373