{"product_id":"emma-corbett-9781554810758","title":"Emma Corbett","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet both in England and in America, \u003cem\u003eEmma Corbett\u003c\/em\u003e is the moving story of a family torn apart by the American revolutionary war. Edward Corbett and Henry Hammond are brought up together and go on to marry each other’s sisters, but fight on opposite sides in the war. Emma Corbett, Edward’s sister, follows Henry to Pennsylvania. Disguised as a man, she fights for the British before finding Henry and saving his life, but the war and its aftermath have tragic consequences for all four young people. This powerful epistolary novel was a transatlantic best-seller, in part because both sides of the conflict are fully represented—as are the miseries and terrible costs of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices include contemporary reviews as well as contemporary writings on heroism, sensibility, and women and war. A series of personal letters between Pratt (writing as Courtney Melmoth) and Benjamin Franklin, for whom he worked in France, are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eEmma Corbett\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in the impact of the American revolutionary war on both sides of the Atlantic, and in the development of the novel as major vehicle for the cultural negotiation of pressing global political and social issues. Professor Bannet offers entirely new scholarly insight into the genesis and cultural context of this, the most popular and influential fictional attempt to come to terms with the War. Republication of Pratt’s pioneering novel is long overdue, and this excellent edition makes it once again fresh, intelligible, and impossible to ignore.” — Karen O’Brien, University of Birmingham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eEmma Corbett\u003c\/em\u003e is one of what Eve Tavor Bannet terms ‘transatlantic stories,’ written in 1780 by Samuel Jackson Pratt, an English curate turned actor and poet. Bannet’s supplementary material, especially the letters between Pratt and Benjamin Franklin, provides clues as to why he developed the themes he did in the book.” — Carole Shammas, University of Southern California\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Jackson Pratt: A Brief Chronology\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma Corbett, or the Miseries of Civil War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Contemporary Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle Page for the First Bath Edition of \u003cem\u003eEmma Corbett\u003c\/em\u003e (1780)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe London Magazine, or Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer\u003c\/em\u003e (May 1780)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe London Review of English and Foreign Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (April 1780)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Monthly Review\u003c\/em\u003e (October 1780)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eRivington’s Royal Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e (12 September 1781)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Lady’s Monthly Museum\u003c\/em\u003e (June 1808)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Sonnet to Mr. Pratt on a Mental Review of His Various Works,” \u003cem\u003eMonthly Magazine, or British Register\u003c\/em\u003e (November 1802)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Changes and Additions in Robert Bell’s American Edition (1782)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle Page for Bell’s American Edition of \u003cem\u003eEmma Corbett\u003c\/em\u003e (1782)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Bell’s Advertisement, \u003cem\u003ePennsylvania Evening Post and Public Advertiser\u003c\/em\u003e (25 November 1782)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBell’s Additions to \u003cem\u003eEmma Corbett\u003c\/em\u003e, Vol. II (1782)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBell’s Additions to \u003cem\u003eEmma Corbett\u003c\/em\u003e, Vol. III (1782)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Some Letters between “Courtney Melmoth” and Benjamin Franklin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFranklin to Melmoth ([on or after 28 January] 1778)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMelmoth to Franklin, Paris (29 January 1778)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMelmoth to Franklin, Paris (4 [February] 1778)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMelmoth to Franklin, Hotel d’Orleans (27 [February] 1778)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMelmoth to Franklin, Hotel d’Orleans (19 March [1778])\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFranklin to Melmoth (on or after 12 May 1778)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix D: The American Revolutionary War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom John Dickinson, \u003cem\u003eLetters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania\u003c\/em\u003e (1767)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eAn Address to the People on the Subject of the Contest between Great Britain and America\u003c\/em\u003e (1776)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eA Letter from Edmund Burke Esq., one of the Representatives in Parliament for the City of Bristol … to … Sheriffs of that City, on the Affairs of America\u003c\/em\u003e (1777)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Philip Freneau, “American Independence. A Poem” (1778)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Heroism and Sensibility\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Hugh Henry Brackenridge, \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of Bunkers Hill\u003c\/em\u003e (1776)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Francis Dobbs, \u003cem\u003eThe Irish Chief or Patriot King. A New Tragedy\u003c\/em\u003e (1774)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Anna Seward, \u003cem\u003eMonody on Major André\u003c\/em\u003e (1781)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Samuel Jackson Pratt, “Sensibility” (1781)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Nathaniel Ball, “The Evil Effects of War and the Blessings of Peace” (1749)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom John Conybeare, “True Patriotism: A Sermon Preach’d before the House of Commons” (25 April 1749)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix F: Women and War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom [Anon], \u003cem\u003eThe Female Soldier\u003c\/em\u003e (1750)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom [Anon], \u003cem\u003eThe History of Constantius and Pulchera. An American Novel\u003c\/em\u003e (1796)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Sarah Wentworth Morton, \u003cem\u003eThe Virtues of Society. A Tale Founded on Fact\u003c\/em\u003e (1799)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Charles Brockden Brown, \u003cem\u003eOrmond\u003c\/em\u003e (1799)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix G: Contemporary Paintings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBenjamin West, \u003cem\u003eThe Death of General Wolfe\u003c\/em\u003e (1770)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmmanuel Leutze, \u003cem\u003eWashington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth\u003c\/em\u003e (1853-54)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngraving Depicting Second Street North from Market Street with the Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1799)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041310966103,"sku":"9781554810758","price":24.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781554810758.jpg?v=1750949762","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/emma-corbett-9781554810758","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}