Susanna Haswell Rowson (Libri)

Susanna Haswell Rowson Libri

Susanna Rowson fu un'autrice anglo-americana la cui opera influenzò significativamente la prima letteratura americana. La sua scrittura era caratterizzata da un acuto intuito sulle norme sociali e sui dilemmi morali della sua epoca. Rowson esplorò varie forme letterarie, dai romanzi alla poesia, e i suoi testi spesso approfondirono temi come l'onore, il tradimento e la ricerca dell'identità all'interno di strutture sociali complesse. La sua capacità di catturare la profondità psicologica dei personaggi e la complessità morale delle situazioni la stabilisce come una figura significativa nella storia della narrativa americana.

Charlotte Temple

160pagine
6 ore di lettura

<i>Charlotte Temple</i> became a "best seller," going through over 200 editions and holding the title of the most popular American novel until <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i>. The story follows a beautiful English girl, Charlotte, who, at 15, elopes with British lieutenant Montraville. After arriving in America, Montraville abandons her to marry another woman and leaves for the Revolutionary War. Desperate and pregnant, Charlotte seeks out the corrupt French teacher who encouraged her relationship with Montraville. Rejected, she finds refuge with her servant. Charlotte's father, a nobleman with a tarnished fortune, arrives just in time to bury his daughter and claim her illegitimate child. Although there is no historical evidence to support the story's claims, Susanna Rowson maintained it was true, and it was embraced as a "tale of truth." In the 19th century, a tombstone with Charlotte's name was erected in New York's Trinity Churchyard, where readers left flowers, locks of hair, and love letters for America's most famous fictional character. Cathy N. Davidson's introduction explores the book's immense popularity and Rowson's sensational life, which rivaled her characters' stories.