ISBN: 9780525655572 - doomed romance: broken hearts, lost souls, and sexual tumult in nineteenth-century america (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. From the winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Francis Parkman Prize in History, a lost episode rediscovered after almost two hundred years; a thwarted love triangle of heartbreak--two men and a woman of equal ambition--that exploded in scandal and investigation, set between America's Revolution and its Civil War, revealing an age in subtle and powerful transformation, caught between the fight for women's rights and the campaign waged by evangelical Protestants to dominate the nation's culture and politics. At its center--and the center of a love triangle--Martha Parker, a gifted young New England woman, smart, pretty, ambitious, determined to make the most of her opportunities, aspiring to become an educator and a foreign missionary. Late in 1825, Martha accepted a proposal from a schoolmaster, Thomas Tenney, only to reject him several weeks later for a rival suitor, a clergyman headed for the mission field, Elnathan Gridley. Tenney's male friends, deeply resentful of the new prominence of women in academies, benevolent and reform associations, and the mission field, decided to retaliate on Tenney's behalf by sending an anonymous letter to the head of the foreign missions board impugning Martha's character. Tenney further threatened Martha with revealing even more about their relationship, thereby ruining her future prospects as a missionary. The head of the board began an inquiry into the truth of the claims about Martha, and in so doing, collected letters, diaries, depositions, and firsthand witness accounts of Martha's character. The ruin of Martha Parker's hopes provoked a resistance within evangelical ranks over womanhood, manhood, and, surprisingly, homosexuality, ultimately threatening to destroy the foreign missions enterprise.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Cream paper-covered boards over cream spine with gilt spine lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price intact on jacket flap ($28.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy with no faults. Octavo, 282 pages, with index. Deeply researched work of narrative history. Bancroft Prizewinning historian Heyrman uncovers a forgotten episode of romantic obsession and psychological unraveling in 19th-century America, drawn from a trove of letters exchanged between a charismatic evangelical preacher and the young woman who believed herself destined to marry him. Heyrman is the author of "Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt" and "American Apostles: When Evangelicals Entered the World of Islam.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Condition Notes: New from the publisher.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 304 pages. 8.25x5.62x0.84 inches. In Stock.