Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770488030
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
In their moral tales, writers such as Hannah More, Amelia Opie, and Maria Edgeworth embraced explicitly didactic aims, seeking to instill normative moral behavior in their readers while entertaining them with vivid, emotional storytelling. In More’s “Tawney Rachel,” for example, a servant girl suffers severe consequences for succumbing to superstition; in Opie’s “The Black Velvet Pelisse,” a young woman is rewarded for a charitable act with a desirable marriage; and in Edgeworth’s “The Dun,” a wealthy man’s selfishness destroys a poor family before he finally sees the error of his ways. This edition offers a selection of five short fictions by More, Opie, and Edgeworth—the best-known writers of the moral tale—prefaced by a critical introduction to the genre and its place in the complex and fascinating debates surrounding the writing and reading of fiction in the Romantic period. The volume concludes with a variety of background materials that help situate the moral tale in its late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century literary contexts, including moral tales for children, theories of education, and contemporary reviews.
Moral Tales: A Selection
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770488030
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
In their moral tales, writers such as Hannah More, Amelia Opie, and Maria Edgeworth embraced explicitly didactic aims, seeking to instill normative moral behavior in their readers while entertaining them with vivid, emotional storytelling. In More’s “Tawney Rachel,” for example, a servant girl suffers severe consequences for succumbing to superstition; in Opie’s “The Black Velvet Pelisse,” a young woman is rewarded for a charitable act with a desirable marriage; and in Edgeworth’s “The Dun,” a wealthy man’s selfishness destroys a poor family before he finally sees the error of his ways. This edition offers a selection of five short fictions by More, Opie, and Edgeworth—the best-known writers of the moral tale—prefaced by a critical introduction to the genre and its place in the complex and fascinating debates surrounding the writing and reading of fiction in the Romantic period. The volume concludes with a variety of background materials that help situate the moral tale in its late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century literary contexts, including moral tales for children, theories of education, and contemporary reviews.
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770488030
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
In their moral tales, writers such as Hannah More, Amelia Opie, and Maria Edgeworth embraced explicitly didactic aims, seeking to instill normative moral behavior in their readers while entertaining them with vivid, emotional storytelling. In More’s “Tawney Rachel,” for example, a servant girl suffers severe consequences for succumbing to superstition; in Opie’s “The Black Velvet Pelisse,” a young woman is rewarded for a charitable act with a desirable marriage; and in Edgeworth’s “The Dun,” a wealthy man’s selfishness destroys a poor family before he finally sees the error of his ways. This edition offers a selection of five short fictions by More, Opie, and Edgeworth—the best-known writers of the moral tale—prefaced by a critical introduction to the genre and its place in the complex and fascinating debates surrounding the writing and reading of fiction in the Romantic period. The volume concludes with a variety of background materials that help situate the moral tale in its late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century literary contexts, including moral tales for children, theories of education, and contemporary reviews.
Rosamond
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Belinda
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Tales and Novels
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The Absentee
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775415929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
On the eve of his coming of age, a young Lord begins to see the truth of his parents' lives: his mother cannot buy her way into society no matter how hard he tries, and his father is being ruined by her continued attempts. The young Lord then travels to his home in Ireland, encountering adventure on the way, and discovers that the native residents are being exploited in his father's absence.
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775415929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
On the eve of his coming of age, a young Lord begins to see the truth of his parents' lives: his mother cannot buy her way into society no matter how hard he tries, and his father is being ruined by her continued attempts. The young Lord then travels to his home in Ireland, encountering adventure on the way, and discovers that the native residents are being exploited in his father's absence.
The Parent's Assistant, Or, Stories for Children
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Maria Edgeworth's Art of prose fiction
Author: O. Elizabeth MacWhorter Harden
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111391604
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111391604
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Popular Tales
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engelse fiksie
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engelse fiksie
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Castle Rackrent
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Castle Rackrent is a short novel by Maria Edgeworth published in 1800. It tells the story of four generations of Rackrent heirs through their steward, Thady Quirk. The heirs are the dissipated spendthrift Sir Patrick O'Shaughlin, the litigious Sir Murtagh Rackrent, the cruel husband and gambling absentee Sir Kit Rackrent, and the generous but improvident Sir Condy Rackrent. Their sequential mismanagement of the estate is resolved through the machinations—and to the benefit—of the narrator's astute son, Jason Quirk.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Castle Rackrent is a short novel by Maria Edgeworth published in 1800. It tells the story of four generations of Rackrent heirs through their steward, Thady Quirk. The heirs are the dissipated spendthrift Sir Patrick O'Shaughlin, the litigious Sir Murtagh Rackrent, the cruel husband and gambling absentee Sir Kit Rackrent, and the generous but improvident Sir Condy Rackrent. Their sequential mismanagement of the estate is resolved through the machinations—and to the benefit—of the narrator's astute son, Jason Quirk.
Belinda
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description