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PublisherBroadview Press

ISBN-101554812003

ISBN-139781554812004

eBay Product ID (ePID)23057276994

Product Key Features

Book TitleKelroy

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, General

Publication Year2016

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorRebecca Bush

Book SeriesBroadview Editions Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2015-298685

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Betsy Klimasmith's richly informed edition of Rebecca Rush's Kelroywill go far to restore the novel to its rightful place as one of the most accomplished of early American novels. Situating Rush's work in the broad field of transatlantic culture, Professor Klimasmith's introduction recreates the daily life of the Early Republic, immersing the reader in the fraught contest for security and status shaping urban experience. In its portrait of the sociopathic Mrs. Hammond, Kelroyprovides an unforgettable account of that culture's moral flaws, the subtle violence of the drawing room and the voracity of the Atlantic world. Extensive appendices capture the period through excerpts from sentimental novels, sermons on gambling-even notes on dancing etiquette. Professor Klimasmith's accomplished edition offers a vital bridge between that lost world of cosmopolitan striving and our own." - Joseph Fichtelberg, Hofstra University

Dewey Decimal813/.2

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Introduction Rebecca Rush: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text Kelroy Appendix A: Early Philadelphia "A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia" (1777) William Russell Birch, Introduction to The City of Philadelphia(1800) William Russell Birch, "Plan of the City of Philadelphia" (1800) William Russell Birch, "Bank of the United States, in Third Street, Philadelphia" (1800) William Russell Birch, "Mendenhall Ferry, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania" (1809) Appendix B: Gender, Economics, and Marriage From Fidelity Rewarded, Or, The History of Polly Granville(1796) From Mrs. Patterson, The Unfortunate Lovers, and Cruel Parents(1799) Susanna Rowson, "Affection" and "The Choice," Miscellaneous Poems(1804) Appendix C: Entertainments in Early Urban America Thomas Crehore, Playing Cards (c. 1820) From Sarah "Sally" Sayward Barrell Keating Wood, Dorval, or, The Speculator(1801) A Lady's Invitation to the Philadelphia Assembly (1785) Rules of the Philadelphia Assembly, Season 1812 & 13 "The City Dancing Assembly Honors Washington's Birthday with a Ball" Philadelphia Gazette(24 February 1794) Thomas Wilson, "The Five Positions of Dancing," An Analysis of Country Dancing(1811) Appendix D: Gambling and the Lottery From Caroline Matilda Warren, The Gamesters: or, Ruins of Innocence(1805) From Mason Locke Weems, God's Revenge Against Gambling(1810) From The Wonderful Advantages of Adventuring in the Lottery!!!(1800) Works Cited and Recommended Reading

SynopsisKelroy, a nearly-forgotten 1812 novel by Rebecca Rush, combines the refinement of the novel of manners with the Gothic novel's hidden evil to tell the story of the star-crossed lovers Emily Hammond and the romantic Kelroy, whose romance is doomed by the machinations of Emily's mother. Set in the elite world of Philadelphia's Atlantic Rim society, Kelroy transcends the genre of sentimental romance to expose the financial pressures that motivate Mrs. Hammond's gambles. As she sacrifices her daughter to maintain the appearance of urbane wealth, Mrs. Hammond emerges as one of the most compellingly detestable figures in early American literature. Appendices include materials on gender, economics, and marriage; games and dancing; and gambling and the lottery in early urban America. A group of illustrations of early-nineteenth-century Philadelphia is also included.

LC Classification NumberPS2737.R63