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Hannah Webster Foster (September 10, 1758 59 – April 17, 1840) [1] was an American novelist Her epistolary novel, The Coquette; or, The History of Eliza Wharton, was published anonymously in 1797 [2]
- Hannah Webster Foster | Novelist, Novels, Fiction | Britannica
Hannah Webster Foster was an American novelist whose single successful novel, though highly sentimental, broke with some of the conventions of its time and type Hannah Webster received the genteel education prescribed for young girls of that day In April 1785 she married the Reverend John Foster,
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Here, in 1797, Hannah Webster Foster, the wife of Brighton's only minister, the Reverend John Foster, wrote a pioneer American novel entitled, The Coquette, or the History of Eliza Wharton
- Hannah Webster Foster: The Pioneer of American Womens Literature
Born in 1758 in Medford, Massachusetts, Hannah Webster Foster emerged as a significant figure in early American literature Her contributions are not only notable for their literary merit but also for their place in the context of early feminist thought and the evolving roles of women in society
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In 1789, signing herself simply "A Lady of Massachusetts," Foster published The Coquette; or The History of Eliza Wharton, a sentimental novel loosely based on a scandal involving a prominent Connecticut family, and including seduction, elopement, and tragic death
- Hannah Foster (September 10, 1759 — April 17, 1840), American novelist . . .
Hannah Webster Foster contributed to newspapers political articles which attracted the notice of Reverend John Foster, a popular clergyman of Brighton, Massachusetts
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Hannah Webster Foster (1758-1840) was a significant figure in early American literature, recognized primarily for her groundbreaking novel, "The Coquette: Or, The History of Eliza Wharton "
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Foster dramatizes these concerns in her epistolary novel The Coquette (1797), one of the first epistolary novels published in America It is based on the life of Elizabeth Whitman (1752–1788), the daughter of the Reverend Elnathan Whitman (1708–1776) and a second cousin by marriage of Foster
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