The Coquette

by Foster, Hannah W.; Davidson, Cathy N.

• ISBN13: 9780195042399
• ISBN10: 0195042395
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780199840380
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-02-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

The Coquette, one of the two 'best-selling' American novels of the 18th century, tells the much-publicized story of the seduction and death of Elizabeth Whitman, a poet from Hartford, Connecticut. Written as a series of letters-between the heroine and her friends and lovers-it describes her long, tortuous courtship by two men, neither of whom perfectly suits her.

Author Biography

Cathy N. Davidson, Professor of English at Michigan State University, is author most recently of Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii	(14)
Note on the Text	xxi	(1)
Selected Bibliography	xxii	(2)
Chronology of Hannah Webster Foster	xxiv
Facsimile of the title page from the first edition	4	(1)
THE COQUETTE; OR, THE HISTORY OF ELIZA WHARTON	5