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catharINe MarIa sedGwIcK
1789 – 1869, american
Hope Leslie
Or, Early Times in the Massachusetts
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Carolyn L. Karcher
Set in seventeenth-century New England
in the aftermath of the Pequot War, Hope
Leslie not only chronicles the role of
women in building the republic but also
refocuses the emergent national literature
on the lives, domestic mores, and values of
American women.
464 pp. 978-0-14-043676-1 $17.00
A New-England Tale
Edited with Introduction by
Susan K. Harris and
Notes by Emily E. Van Dette
This New England variation on the
Cinderella plot celebrates the evolution
of the American subject, the connection
between parenting and governing, and the
key role women play in shaping a fledgling
nation.
240 pp. 978-0-14-243712-4 $13.00
seI shōNaGoN
c. 966 – 1017, Japanese
The Pillow Book
Translated with an Introduction by
Meredith McKinney
Written by the court gentlewoman
Sei Sho - nagon, ostensibly for her own
amusement, The Pillow Book offers a
fascinating exploration of life among the
nobility in tenth-century Japan, describing
the exquisite pleasures of a confined world
in which poetry, love, fashion, and whim
dominated, while harsh reality was kept
firmly at a distance.
416 pp. 978-0-14-044806-1 $16.00
lucIus aNNaeus seNeca
c. 4 b.c. – a.d. 65, Roman (b. cordoba)
Dialogues and Letters
Translated with an Introduction by
C. D. N. Costa
Included in this volume are the
dialogues On the Shortness of Life and On
Tranquillity of Mind, which are eloquent
classic statements of Stoic ideals of
fortitude and self-reliance. This selection
also features extracts from Natural
Questions and the Consolation to Helvia.
160 pp. 978-0-14-044679-1 $14.00
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