The Remarkable Mrs. Ripley: The Life of Sarah Alden Bradford RipleyUPNE, 1998 - 399 páginas A contemporary of Emerson, Hawthorne, the Alcotts, and other New England Renaissance figures, Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (1793–1867) is largely unknown to today’s readers. Although she left no published works, Sarah is frequently mentioned in letters and journals written by her fellow intellectuals. She was a self-educated classical scholar who was well versed in languages and the sciences, ran a boarding school with her Unitarian minister husband to prepare boys for Harvard College, and raised seven children. Legend has it that she simultaneously rocked a cradle, shelled peas, heard one boy recite his Latin and another, his Greek. In this first biography of the remarkable Mrs. Ripley, Joan W. Goodwin draws on Sarah’s letters and the writings of her contemporaries to paint as full a picture as possible of a compelling figure known until now only as a literary footnote. Goodwin reveals the inner drama of a woman’s lonely struggle to reconcile the liberal Christian worldview with her own increasing skepticism, and her traditional domestic role with the pursuit of intellectual attainments. The author’s skillful presentation of primary materials allows Sarah to speak to the reader in her own voice, particularly through her correspondence with Mary Moody Emerson and Abigail Allyn Francis, lending insight into the anguish that shaped much of her life. In a biography as distinctive as the celebrated woman it depicts, the author re-creates the life and times of Mrs. Ripley and rescues an overlooked New Englander from obscurity. This is a captivating story that will appeal to historians and general readers alike. |
Contenido
Prologue | 1 |
Portrait of Sarah Alden Ripley by Ransom 1826 frontispiece | 10 |
God made the country and man made the town | 26 |
The Captain Gamaliel Bradford house in Duxbury | 29 |
An acquaintance with a Miss Emerson | 39 |
On the very eve of engaging myself | 62 |
A country clergymans wife | 84 |
The Samuel Ripley house in Waltham | 85 |
The affections spread out in rays | 211 |
The sun shines bright and the grass looks green | 230 |
At last a home | 243 |
The Old Manse Concord | 244 |
Samuel Ripley | 259 |
One of the most remarkable persons in Concord | 262 |
Portrait of Sarah Alden Ripley 1857 | 287 |
The bright sunset | 289 |
For what exalted purpose? | 112 |
Mrs Ripleys skepticism | 136 |
Her spherewhich is not very narrow | 163 |
A letter from Sarah Alden Ripley to George F Simmons | 201 |
There are no limits to love | 323 |
Notes | 343 |
Bibliography | 377 |
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The Remarkable Mrs. Ripley: The Life of Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley Joan W. Goodwin Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
The Remarkable Mrs. Ripley: The Life of Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley Joan W. Goodwin Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
The Remarkable Mrs. Ripley: The Life of Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley Joan W. Goodwin Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
Términos y frases comunes
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