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Degree

Master of Arts, Miami University, History, 2010.

Abstract

This thesis uses the novels of Catharine Maria Sedgwick, a popular author in the United States in the early nineteenth century, to consider how middle-class women from New England thought about marital options. Female writers used the relatively new genre of the novel to challenge conventional social practices and examine alternative methods of interacting with one another. This study explores Sedgwick’s arguments surrounding unsuccessful relationships, single women, and successful relationships in an effort to demonstrate what certain women were thinking regarding romantic relationships in the nineteenth century.

Subject Headings

American history; American literature; Gender; History; Womens studies

Keywords

Catharine Maria Sedgwick; nineteenth century; United States; novels; writers; marriage; relationships; gender; women; men

Committee / Advisors

Andrew Cayton, PhD (Advisor)
Mary Kupiec Cayton, PhD (Committee Member)
Mary Frederickson, PhD (Committee Member)

Pages

90p.

Document number: miami1279672505
Permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1279672505

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