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Romantic Transports: Tabitha Tenney's Female Quixotism in Transatlantic Context
Early American Literature
  • Rachel Carnell, Cleveland State University
  • Alison Tracy Hale, University of Puget Sound
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Document Type
Article
Filename
RomanticTransportsCarnell_Done.pdf
Publication Date
11-1-2011
Keywords
  • Politics,
  • literature,
  • essays,
  • gender
Disciplines
Abstract

A literary criticism of several books including "Female Quixotism" by Tabitha Tenney, "The Female Quixote" by Charlotte Lennox, and "Angelina" by Maria Edgeworth is presented. According to the authors, these novels constitute a transatlantic genre which highlights the moral and cultural complexities faced by women in the 18th and 19th centuries. Particular focus is given to the novels' political contexts. Realism, the French Revolution, and republican government are also discussed.

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Preprint
Publisher's Statement
© 2012 University of North Carolina Press
Citation Information
Rachel Carnell and Alison Tracy Hale. "Romantic Transports: Tabitha Tenney's Female Quixotism in Transatlantic Context" Early American Literature Vol. 46 Iss. 3 (2011) p. 517 - 539
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rachel_carnell/1/