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Informationen zum Autor Eliza Leslie (1787-1858) wrote in several genres and published books of juvenile fiction as well as several books on domesticity, which include Directions for Cookery, one of the most popular nineteenth-century American cookbooks. Etta M. Madden is a professor of English at Missouri State University. She is the coeditor, with Martha Finch, of Eating in Eden: Food and American Utopias (Nebraska 2006) and the author of Bodies of Life: Shaker Literature and Literacies. Klappentext Eliza Leslie (1787¿1858) wrote in several genres and published books of juvenile fiction as well as several books on domesticity, which include Directions for Cookery, one of the most popular nineteenth-century American cookbooks. Etta M. Madden is a professor of English at Missouri State University. She is the coeditor, with Martha Finch, of Eating in Eden: Food and American Utopias (Nebraska 2006) and the author of Bodies of Life: Shaker Literature and Literacies. Zusammenfassung Best known for her culinary and domestic guides and the award-winning short story ""Mrs. Washington Potts""! Eliza Leslie deserves a much more prominent place in contemporary literary discussions of the nineteenth century. This volume enables readers to see how Leslie's rhetoric and audience awareness facilitated her ability to appeal to a broad swath of the nineteenth-century reading public. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction A Note on the Text [01] The Travelling Tin-Man [02] Mrs. Washington Potts [03] The Settlers [04] Eliza Farnham, or The Love Letters [05] Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge: A Story of Domestic Life [06] Nothing Morally Wrong [07] Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats: An Excerpt Black Cake, or Plum Cake Spunge Cake Almond Cake French Almond Cake Maccaroons [08] Domestic French Cookery: An Excerpt Preface Miscellaneous Receipts [09] American Girl's Book, or Occupation for Play Hours: Excerpts from Part III, "Amusing Work--Pincushions" A Strawberry A Basket Pincushion A Bunch of Hearts [10] The Elephant [11] The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners, or Miss Leslie's Behavior Book: An Excerpt \Letters Conduct to Literary Women Notes Chronology of Eliza Leslie's Published Works Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction A Note on the Text [01] The Travelling Tin-Man [02] Mrs. Washington Potts [03] The Settlers [04] Eliza Farnham, or The Love Letters [05] Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge: A Story of Domestic Life [06] Nothing Morally Wrong [07] Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats: An Excerpt Black Cake, or Plum Cake Spunge Cake Almond Cake French Almond Cake Maccaroons [08] Domestic French Cookery: An Excerpt Preface Miscellaneous Receipts [09] American Girl's Book, or Occupation for Play Hours: Excerpts from Part III, "Amusing Work--Pincushions" A Strawberry A Basket Pincushion A Bunch of Hearts [10] The Elephant [11] The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners, or Miss Leslie's Behavior Book: An Excerpt \Letters Conduct to Literary Women Notes Chronology of Eliza Leslie's Published Works Selected Bibliography...
