The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster

Introduction

In late 19th century, The Coquette is enjoying a remarkable revival and several criticisms considering it as one of the major key text for early American literature. The modern critics also praise Foster's handling of the epistolary style in the novel, noticing that how the character has been used as the written versus spoken language for distinguishing the between the formality and intimacy in the communication among the characters used in the novel (Foster, 12-34).

One can say that, Hannah Webster Foster “The Coquette” by confronts the political issues of feminism and marriage.

Thesis statement

The ...