The Remarkable Mrs. Ripley: The Life of Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley - Rilegato

Goodwin, Joan W.

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ISBN 10: 155553368X ISBN 13: 9781555533687

Casa editrice: Northeastern Univ Pr, 1998

Riassunto

A contemporary of Emerson, Hawthorne, the Alcotts, and other New England Renaissance figures, Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (1793-1867) is largely unknown to today's readers. Although she left no published works, Sarah is frequently mentioned in letters and journals written by her fellow intellectuals. She was a self-educated classical scholar who was well versed in languages and the sciences, ran a boarding school with her Unitarian minister husband to prepare boys for Harvard College, and raised seven children. Legend has it that she simultaneously rocked a cradle, shelled peas, heard one boy recite his Latin and another, his Greek.

In this first biography of the remarkable Mrs. Ripley, Joan W. Goodwin draws on both Sarah's letters and the writings of her contemporaries to paint as full a picture as possible of a compelling figure known until now only as a literary footnote. Goodwin reveals the inner drama of a woman's lonely struggle to reconcile the liberal Christian world view with her own increasing skepticism, and her traditional domestic role with the pursuit of intellectual attainments. The author's skillful presentation of primary materials allows Sarah to speak to the reader in her own voice, particularly through her correspondence with Mary Moody Emerson and Abigail Allyn Francis, lending insight into the anguish that shaped much of her life.

This is a captivating story that will appeal to historians and general readers alike.

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Informazioni sull'autore

JOAN W. GOODWIN (1926-2006) was an independent scholar who worked for several years for the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Northeastern Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 155553368X
• ISBN 13: 9781555533687
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 399
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