The Coquette

The Coquette Sources and ClassicNote Author

  • Foster, Hannah W. The Coquette. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
  • Korobkin, Laura H. "'Can Your Volatile Daughter Ever Acquire Your Wisdom?': Luxury and False Ideals in 'The Coquette'". Early American Literature, Vol. 41, No. 1 (2006), pp. 79-107.

  • Hamilton, Kristie. "An Assault on the Will: Republican Virtue and the City in Hannah Webster Foster's 'The Coquette'". Early American Literature, Vol. 24, No. 2 (1989), pp. 135-151.

  • Brown, Gillian. "Consent, Coquetry, and Consequences". American Literary History, Vol. 9, No. 4 (1997), pp. 625-652.

  • Wenska, Walter P. "'The Coquette' and the American Dream of Freedom". Early American Literature, Vol. 12, No. 3 (1977/1978), pp. 243-255.

  • Waldstreicher, David. "'Fallen under My Observation': Vision and Virtue in 'The Coquette'". Early American Literature, Vol. 27, No. 3 (1992), pp. 204-218.

  • Pettengill, Claire C. "Sisterhood in a Separate Sphere: Female Friendship in Hannah Webster Foster's 'The Coquette and the Boarding School'". Early American Literature, Vol. 27, No. 3 (1992), pp. 185-203.

  • Davidson, Cathy. "Introduction," in Hannah Webster Foster, The Coquette. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.

  • Johnson, Heidi. "The Coquette." Facts on File Companion to the American Novel. 2/10/15. <http://www.fofweb.com/Lit/default.asp>.
  • Kort, Carol. "Foster, Hannah Webster." Facts on File: A to Z of American Women Writers, Revised Edition. 2/11/15. <http://www.fofweb.com/Lit/default.asp>.
  • Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. "Gender Bias and Feminist Literature." Facts on File: Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature. 2/11/15. <http://www.fofweb.com/Lit/default.asp>.
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