Author:Catharine Maria Sedgwick

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Catharine Maria Sedgwick
(1789–1867)

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early American author; notable female novelists of her time; wrote work in American settings, and combined patriotism with protests against historic Puritan oppressiveness. Her topics contributed to the creation of a national literature, enhanced by her detailed descriptions of nature. Sedgwick created spirited heroines who did not conform to the stereotypical conduct of women at the time

Works

A New England Tale (1822)
Redwood (1824)
Hope Leslie (1827)
"Magnetism Among the Shakers," in The Female Prose Writers of America, (ed.) by John S. Hart, Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. (1852)
"The Sabbath In New England," in The Female Prose Writers of America, (ed.) by John S. Hart, Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. (1852)
Clarence (1830)
Le Bossu
Glauber Spa
The Linwoods
The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man (1836)
Live and Let Live (1837)
Means and Ends (1837)
Love Token for Children (1837)
Stories for Young Persons (1837)
Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home (1839)
Life of Lucretia M. Davidson

Works about Sedgwick

E. A. Poe, “Catharine M. Sedgwick” in The Literati of New York
"Catherine M. Sedgwick," in The Female Prose Writers of America, (ed.) by John S. Hart, Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. (1852)
"Catherine Maria Sedgwick," in A Woman of the Century, (ed.) by Frances Elizabeth Willard and Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton (1893)
"Sedgwick, Catherine Maria," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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