Written in the 1840s andpublished here for the first time, Julia Ward Howe s novel about a hermaphrodite is unlike anything of its time or, in truth, of our own. Narrated by Laurence, who is raised and lives as a man and is loved by men and women alike, yet can respond to neither, this unconventional story explores the realization that fervent hearts must borrow the disguise of art, if they would win the right to express, in any outward form, the internal fire that consumes them. Laurence describes his repudiation by his family, his involvement with an attractive widow, his subsequent...
Written in the 1840s andpublished here for the first time, Julia Ward Howe s novel about a hermaphrodite is unlike anything of its time or, in truth, ...
This is an exact transcription (not a scanned image) reproduction of Mary Minerva Barrows collection of poems, essays, sermons and other items from world-noted poets, writers, philosophers, and ministers. It uses one of Ms. Barrows floral page-backgrounds as the background for all of the pages, but in B&W instead of color. Includes an introduction by Julia Ward Howe.
This is an exact transcription (not a scanned image) reproduction of Mary Minerva Barrows collection of poems, essays, sermons and other items from wo...
Julia Ward Howe (1819 u1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." In 1870 Howe was the first to proclaim Mother's Day, with her Mother's Day Proclamation. After the war she worked with the suffrage movement, promoted pacifism, and Russian freedom. This collection of poems includes Abraham Lincoln, Marines Hymn, New York, Old Home Week in Boston, Kansas, The Playhouse, The Nation s Holiday and many more."
Julia Ward Howe (1819 u1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Rep...
A Trip to Cuba, tells us of an 1859 trip the author had taken. At the time it had generated outrage from the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, for its derogatory view of Blacks. (Julia had only recently become an abolitionist in the 1850s, her family believing it to be a social evil. She thus believed it was morally right to free the slaves but did not believe in social or racial equality.)
A Trip to Cuba, tells us of an 1859 trip the author had taken. At the time it had generated outrage from the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, for ...
