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“On the Brink of a Precipice”: Women, Men, and Relationships in the Novels of Catharine Maria Sedgwick

Avila, Beth E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1279672505

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2010, Master of Arts, Miami University, History.
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.
Andrew Cayton, PhD (Advisor)
Mary Kupiec Cayton, PhD (Committee Member)
Mary Frederickson, PhD (Committee Member)
90 p.
American History; American Literature; Gender; History; Womens Studies
Catharine Maria Sedgwick; nineteenth century; United States; novels; writers; marriage; relationships; gender; women; men

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  • Avila, B. E. (2010). “On the Brink of a Precipice”: Women, Men, and Relationships in the Novels of Catharine Maria Sedgwick [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1279672505

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Avila, Beth. “On the Brink of a Precipice”: Women, Men, and Relationships in the Novels of Catharine Maria Sedgwick. 2010. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1279672505.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Avila, Beth. "“On the Brink of a Precipice”: Women, Men, and Relationships in the Novels of Catharine Maria Sedgwick." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1279672505

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