The contrast : manners, morals, and authority in the early American republic

The contrast : manners, morals, and authority in the early American republic

New York : New York University Press, c2007.

x, 147 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

812.2 T981 2007

(OCoLC)74492129

A reprint of The contrast by Royall Tyler, with annotated footnotes and an extensive introduction; also features selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-142) and index.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The contrast / Royall Tyler -- 3. Primary documents: The former, present, and future prospects of America (1786); The dabblers (1788); Effects of the stage on the manners of a people (1792); Anti-theater petition (1793); The art of pleasing men and women (1747) ; Mercy Otis Warren on Chesterfield's letters (1779); For the females (1787); Fantastical, preposterous fashions [of] gentlemen (1787); On matrimonial obedience (1792); Proper conduct of the wife towards her husband (1804); Panegyric on the marriage state (1786); How to prolong the happiness of the marriage union (1787); Plan for the establishment of public schools (1786); The progress of a countryman (1787); The will of the people (1792); The natural aristocracy (1813).
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