Frances Milton Trollope

Domestic Manners of the Americans (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

'Domestic Manners of the Americans' is a two-volume travel book by British author Frances Milton Trollope, which follows her travels through America in the 19th century and her residence in Cincinnati, at the time still a frontier town. The book created a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic, as Frances Trollope had a caustic view of the Americans and found America strongly lacking in manners and learning. She was appalled by America's egalitarian middle-class and by the influence of evangelicalism that was emerging during the Second Great Awakening. Trollope was also harshly critical of slavery of African Americans in the United States, and by the popularity of tobacco chewing, and the consequent spitting, even on carpets.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 341
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4057664169037
• Artikelnr.: 58447562

Autorenporträt

Frances Milton Trollope (1780-1863) was an English novelist and writer who is best remembered for her travel writing and social novels. Born at Stapleton, near Bristol, she was the daughter of the Reverend William Milton. Her marriage to barrister Thomas Anthony Trollope in 1809 was shadowed by financial difficulties, which partly sparked her literary career in the 1830s. In a bid to rescue her family from poverty, she opened a bazaar in Cincinnati, Ohio, which failed, prompting her return to England. Out of this American venture, however, came her first and perhaps most famous work, 'Domestic Manners of the Americans' (1832), a sharply satirical observation of American life that caused considerable controversy at the time. Her critical and unsparing eye turned towards American society, slavery, and the democratic process, offering a perspective that was both insightful and provocative. Trollope went on to write over 40 books, including other travelogues and novels that often pioneered the examination of social issues. Her works are characterized by their wit, strong female characters, and keenly observed social commentary. It is worth noting that Trollope also influenced her better-known novelist son, Anthony Trollope. Despite her literary accomplishments, she has often been overshadowed in the annals of literary history. Nonetheless, Frances Trollope's contributions as a proto-feminist voice and as a critical observer of nineteenth-century societal mores have earned her a respected place in English literature.

Inhaltsangabe

21. Stonington
22. Small landed proprietors
23. Fruits and flowers of Maryland and Virginia
24. Journey to Philadelphia
25. Washington Square
26. Quakers
27. Return to Stonington
28. American cooking
29. Literature
30. Journey to New York
31. Reception of Captain Basil Hall's book
32. Journey to Niagara
33. Niagara
34. Return to New York.