{"product_id":"susanna-rowson-steven-epley-9780810133822","title":"Susanna Rowson: Sentimental Prophet of Early American Literature","description":"\u003ci\u003eSusanna Rowson: Sentimental Prophet of Early American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e opens the early American writer's works to new, provocative interpretations based on the theory that her responses to social issues incorporate notions of righteousness, justice, accountability, and loyalty drawn from prophets in the Hebrew Bible. Steven Epley argues that Rowson's sentimentalism--a literary mode that portrays characters undergoing strong emotions and evokes similar responses from readers--reflects the rhetorical style of the Bible's first prophet, Moses, and its understanding of the \"heart\" not just as a metaphor for human kindness and tenderness but also as a source of wickedness. Epley relocates the widespread introduction of Jewish values into American discourse from the height of Jewish immigration (roughly 1890 to 1940) to the early republic, given Rowson's vast audience and influence on American letters. Her novel \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Temple\u003c\/i\u003e outsold every other American work of fiction until Harriet Beecher Stowe's \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1850s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Epley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810133822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810133822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Steven Epley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48807871545599,"sku":"9780810133822","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/susanna-rowson-steven-epley-9780810133822","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}