Reading the Gothic at Madame Rivardi's Seminary/Prodigal Sons and Virtuous Daughters

In Reading the Gothic at Madame Rivardi’s Seminary, I study the reading patterns of young women in the early American republic using letters exchanged between students who attended Madame Rivardi’s Seminary in Philadelphia. By examining the language employed by young women in their discussions of go...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wells, Emily Priscilla
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2017
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1516639581
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1251&context=etd