First Thoughts: Life and Letters of Abigail Adams: TUSAS 697 (Twayne's United States authors series) - Hardcover

Gelles, Edith Belle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805716483 ISBN 13: 9780805716481

Publisher: Twayne Publishers Inc.,U.S., 1998

Synopsis

Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.

Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volumeaddresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writers work. A reader new to the work under examination will, after reading theAuthors Series, be compelled to turn to the originals, bringing to the reading a basic knowledge and fresh critical perspectives.

Each volume features:

• A critical, interpretive study and explication of the authors works
• A brief biography of the author
• An accessible chronology outlining the life, work, and relevant historical background of the author
• Aids for further study -- complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index
• A readable style presented in a manageable length

About this title

Review

"All this Edith Gelles relates with clarity and warmth...this is a perceptive study and a lively incentive to read the correspondence itself."
-Economist, March 30, 2002
"Edith Gelles's newly published biography and critique...offers an excellent entry point for anyone whi is interested in Abigail Adams as a writer.."
-" Biography Spring 2003

Synopsis

Asserting that Adams' collected letters are "the best account that exists from the pre- to post-Revolutionary period in America of a woman's life and world," the author examines the letters from the dual standpoints of biography and literary analysis . She adopts a topical, episodic approach, highlighting Adams' letter-writing persona while giving

Edition details

• Publisher: Twayne Publishers Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805716483
• ISBN 13: 9780805716481
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204