The Resource Married or single?, Catharine Maria Sedgwick ; edited and with an introduction by Deborah Gussman
Married or single?, Catharine Maria Sedgwick ; edited and with an introduction by Deborah Gussman
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- Summary
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- "Married or Single?, published in 1857, was Catharine Maria Sedgwick's final novel and a fitting climax to the career of one of antebellum America's first and most successful woman writers. Insisting on women's right to choose whether to marry, Married or Single? rejects the stigma of spinsterhood and offers readers a wider range of options for women in society, recognizing their need and ability to determine the course of their lives. Sedgwick's touching, witty, and shrewdly observant novel centers on Grace Herbert, a New York City socialite who must negotiate the marriage market and also learn to develop her own character and take control of her own destiny. The story merges a wide range of popular American literary forms--including the seduction novel, the conversion narrative, the novel of education, and social reform fiction--and provides a window on many of the cultural and political anxieties of the 1850s beyond marriage, including immigration, slavery, and urban poverty. Sedgwick's lifelong concern with women's duties to the nation as citizens is demonstrated through her depiction of exemplary women of various backgrounds and circumstances who illustrate the idea that becoming a worthy human being is more important than becoming a wife, especially in a democratic society."--
- "Nineteenth-century novel that redefines the role of women in marriage, singlehood, and the working world of America in the 1850s"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Harper, 1857
- Contents
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- Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; A Note on the Text; Married or Single?; Notes
- Isbn
- 9780803274990
- Label
- Married or single?
- Title
- Married or single?
- Statement of responsibility
- Catharine Maria Sedgwick ; edited and with an introduction by Deborah Gussman
- Subject
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- Choice (Psychology)
- Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Electronic books
- FICTION -- Historical
- FICTION -- Literary
- FICTION -- Psychological
- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction
- Self-realization in women
- Self-realization in women -- Fiction
- Sex role
- Sex role -- Fiction
- Social conditions
- Social role
- Social role -- Fiction
- United States
- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- 1800-1899
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "Married or Single?, published in 1857, was Catharine Maria Sedgwick's final novel and a fitting climax to the career of one of antebellum America's first and most successful woman writers. Insisting on women's right to choose whether to marry, Married or Single? rejects the stigma of spinsterhood and offers readers a wider range of options for women in society, recognizing their need and ability to determine the course of their lives. Sedgwick's touching, witty, and shrewdly observant novel centers on Grace Herbert, a New York City socialite who must negotiate the marriage market and also learn to develop her own character and take control of her own destiny. The story merges a wide range of popular American literary forms--including the seduction novel, the conversion narrative, the novel of education, and social reform fiction--and provides a window on many of the cultural and political anxieties of the 1850s beyond marriage, including immigration, slavery, and urban poverty. Sedgwick's lifelong concern with women's duties to the nation as citizens is demonstrated through her depiction of exemplary women of various backgrounds and circumstances who illustrate the idea that becoming a worthy human being is more important than becoming a wife, especially in a democratic society."--
- "Nineteenth-century novel that redefines the role of women in marriage, singlehood, and the working world of America in the 1850s"--
- Assigning source
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- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1789-1867
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
- Dewey number
- 813/.3
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS2798
- LC item number
- .M37 2015eb
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gussman, Deborah
- Series statement
- Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Self-realization in women
- Sex role
- Social role
- Choice (Psychology)
- United States
- FICTION
- FICTION
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- FICTION
- Choice (Psychology)
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Self-realization in women
- Sex role
- Social conditions
- Social role
- United States
- Label
- Married or single?, Catharine Maria Sedgwick ; edited and with an introduction by Deborah Gussman
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Harper, 1857
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- online resource
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- Contents
- Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; A Note on the Text; Married or Single?; Notes
- Control code
- 908840012
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
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- unknown
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- online
- Isbn
- 9780803274990
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- rdamedia
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- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908840012
- Label
- Married or single?, Catharine Maria Sedgwick ; edited and with an introduction by Deborah Gussman
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Harper, 1857
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; A Note on the Text; Married or Single?; Notes
- Control code
- 908840012
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803274990
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- f98fe512-6a2b-4373-becc-f0868e5d8b5a
- 22573/ctt1d98dst
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908840012
Subject
- Choice (Psychology)
- Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Electronic books
- FICTION -- Historical
- FICTION -- Literary
- FICTION -- Psychological
- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction
- Self-realization in women
- Self-realization in women -- Fiction
- Sex role
- Sex role -- Fiction
- Social conditions
- Social role
- Social role -- Fiction
- United States
- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- 1800-1899
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- Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers
- EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection-North America
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