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A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen

The Journals and Letters of Agnes Porter

By: Agnes Porter

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A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen

The Journals and Letters of Agnes Porter

By: Agnes Porter

We only know a surprisingly small number of eighteenth-century women as personalities. This is true, in particular, of women who had to work for their living. Which is why the survival of the letters and journals of Miss Agnes Porter, dating from 1788 to 1814, constitutes an unusually important find. Miss Porter, the daughter of a Church of England clergyman, was born in 1752 with brains but not looks or wealth. Although she would have liked to marry, her various hopes ended in disappointment. She therefore had to earn her living as a governess, working principally in teaching the daughters and grand-daughter of the second Earl of Ilchester. Agnes Porter was neither morbidly religious, as were many of her Victorian successors, nor did she spend her time dwelling on the unfairness of her situation. She emerges as a intelligent, warm and likeable woman ready to make the best of her lot. Joanna Martin has provided a substantial introduction which sets Miss Porter in her historical context. A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen is a detailed, and very early, portrait of a woman entering a profession.

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1852851643

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A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen

The Journals and Letters of Agnes Porter

By: Agnes Porter

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By: Agnes Porter

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Daughter of Earth

By: Agnes Smedley

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Daughter of Earth

By: Agnes Smedley

This gritty, sweeping novel follows a burgeoning political activist in the early twentieth century: a "precious, priceless book" (Alice Walker). "We owe our world to women like Agnes Smedley, who worked without peace or resolution toward a future they could not see." —Paola Mendoza First released in 1929, Daughter of Earth remains a seminal work of American socialist literature. This semiautobiographical account of an early twentieth-century activist describes growing up in rural poverty in farming settlements and mining towns; discovering the double standards of race and sex among East Coast intellectuals; facing false espionage charges; and maintaining her independence through two tormented marriages. Groundbreaking in its portrayal of sexism within the leftist movement, Daughter of Earth was uniquely prescient in its intersectional exploration of oppression, demanding that progressive movements embody political justice with integrity and introspection.

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274

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Feminist Press at CUNY

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1936932792

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9781936932795

A Happy Half-Century, And Pther Essays

in large print

By: Agnes Repplier

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A Happy Half-Century, And Pther Essays

in large print

By: Agnes Repplier

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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210

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3387305648

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9783387305647

The Concept of the Beautiful

By: Agnes Heller

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The Concept of the Beautiful

By: Agnes Heller

The main purpose of this book is to explicate the problematic relationship between the heterogeneity of what is experienced as beautiful and the homogeneity of the conceptualization of that experience, or attempt at such a conceptualization in the era of modern philosophy. While the heterogeneity of what is experienced as beautiful was permitted, and indeed celebrated, in the dominant ancient conception—for example, in the Symposium and Phaedrus of Plato—the need for homogenization in the later appropriation of Plato and in the Enlightenment period relegated the beautiful to the privileged domain of artworks. In her analysis Agnes Heller provides a unique and significant emphasis on the original 'life content' of the experience of the beautiful, which becomes lost in the modern system of the arts. This book details the history of the concept of the beautiful, starting with what Agnes Heller distinguishes between the 'warm' metaphysics of beauty and the 'cold' one—inspired by Plato's Janus-faced relationship to beauty—and ending with a fragmented yet hopeful vision propagated by Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno, among others. In between these two historical parentheses—the metaphysical Plato on one hand and the post-metaphysical Nietzsche, Benjamin, and Adorno on the other hand—lay a plenitude of figures and intellectual developments, all of which contributed to the demise of the concept of the beautiful in the Western metaphysical tradition. The most important of these figures and developments are examined in this book.

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224

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Lexington Books

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0739170481

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9780739170489

Dictionary of American Young Adult Fiction, 1997-2001

Books of Recognized Merit

By: Agnes Regan Perkins

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Dictionary of American Young Adult Fiction, 1997-2001

Books of Recognized Merit

By: Agnes Regan Perkins

Young adult readers have special needs and concerns, and librarians have become increasingly interested in selecting books suitable for them. This reference provides information about 290 books for young adults. These books received major awards between 1997 and 2001, reflect the voices of 242 different authors, and range from new to familiar themes. Included are nearly 750 alphabetically arranged entries for individual works, authors, characters, and settings. Many of these books were originally written for adults but have become popular among younger readers. Entries for works provide plot summaries and critical assessments, while author entries focus on those aspects of the writers' lives most relevant to literature for young people. The reference is a valuable selection tool for librarians and teachers and a useful guide for students.

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584

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313061505

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9780313061509

The Cancer Problem

Malignancy in Nineteenth-Century Britain

By: Agnes Arnold-Forster

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The Cancer Problem

Malignancy in Nineteenth-Century Britain

By: Agnes Arnold-Forster

The Cancer Problem offers the first medical, cultural, and social history of cancer in nineteenth-century Britain. It begins by looking at a community of doctors and patients who lived and worked in the streets surrounding the Middlesex Hospital in London. It follows in their footsteps as they walked the labyrinthine lanes and passages that branched off Tottenham Court Road; then, through seven chapters, its focus expands to successively include the rivers, lakes, and forests of England, the mountains, poverty, and hunger of the four nations of the British Isles, the reluctant and resistant inhabitants of the British Empire, and the networks of scientists and doctors spread across Europe and North America. The Cancer Problem: Malignancy in Nineteenth-Century Britain argues that it was in the nineteenth century that cancer acquired the unique emotional, symbolic, and politicized status it maintains today. Through an interrogation of the construction, deployment, and emotional consequences of the disease's incurability, this book reframes our conceptualization of the relationship between medicine and modern life and reshapes our understanding of chronic and incurable maladies, both past and present.

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272

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Oxford University Press

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0192635751

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9780192635754

Dermatology and Person-Threatening Illness

The Patient, the Family, the Staff

By: Austin Kutscher,Robert R Walther,Agnes Beachman,Iona Ginsburg

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Dermatology and Person-Threatening Illness

The Patient, the Family, the Staff

By: Austin Kutscher,Robert R Walther,Agnes Beachman,Iona Ginsburg

This informative volume explores the psychological, social, and medical aspects of several dermatologic illnesses and the implications for the persons they affect. By examining both the implications for patients’physical appearance and the effects on patient psyche, Dermatology and Person-Threatening Illness offers health care professionals practical patient-centered assessments and treatment suggestions to help them develop successful approaches to providing patient care. The contributors’analysis of medical personnel, society's responses to the dermatologic manifestations of disease, and how these responses negatively affect those diagnosed with dermatologic diseases will further strengthen your understanding of these patients and their care. A valuable resource for professionals and students in the health care field and in mental health working with persons suffering from dermatologic diseases and their families, Dermatology and Person-Threatening Illness promotes better understanding and more effective treatment for those with physically damaging and potentially emotionally draining dermatologic diseases.

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246

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CRC Press

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1560248173

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9781560248170

Part of a Long Story

"Eugene O'Neill as a Young Man in Love"

By: Agnes Boulton

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"Eugene O'Neill as a Young Man in Love"

By: Agnes Boulton

Agnes Boulton's memoir of her first two years of marriage to Eugene O'Neill was published in 1958, two years after the premiere of O'Neill's masterpiece, Long Day's Journey into Night. Contemporary critics dismissed the book as impressionistic, and it received little popular attention. Now held as a classic depicting one woman's strivings for self-representation, this new edition restores two sections previously excised for now-obsolete legal reasons. The new text features corrected misspellings and the addition of footnotes to clarify reference points and correct errors. Boulton's memoir represents an important addition to women's literature, as well as literary biography and autobiography.

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285

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McFarland

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0786485531

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9780786485536

Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest

Vol. VIII

By: Agnes Strickland

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Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest

Vol. VIII

By: Agnes Strickland

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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673

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385477433

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9783385477438

Book's by Agnes Porter

A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen

A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen

A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen

A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen

Daughter of Earth

Daughter of Earth

A Happy Half-Century, And Pther Essays

A Happy Half-Century, And Pther Essays

The Concept of the Beautiful

The Concept of the Beautiful

Dictionary of American Young Adult Fiction, 1997-2001

Dictionary of American Young Adult Fiction, 1997-2001

The Cancer Problem

The Cancer Problem

Dermatology and Person-Threatening Illness

Dermatology and Person-Threatening Illness

Part of a Long Story

Part of a Long Story

Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest

Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest

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