Gussman
Does Gussman and other literary critics think that Sedgwick would identify as a feminist?
No way!
Lubovich argues that Sedgwick is NOT this word that suggests contradiction between two oppositional views because she does not hold being married or single as a binary choice.
What is ambivalent?
At the end of Married or Single?, it is implied that Grace Herbert marries this man.
Who is Archibald Lisle?
In Married or Single?, this man is the embodiment of the phrase, "Men are trash."
Who is Horace Copley?
Gussman says Sedgwick occupied the _____ between the poles of progressive and conservative.
Slippery terrain
According to Lubovich, Sedgwick wanted to reimagine the role of a spinster's marriage, because her brother's marriages left her feeling like this.
What is "second best"?
What is in the "Readings for the Ladies" part of the news?
Details of a fancy ball
Who wrote the article,
"Equal to Either Fortune: Sedgwick's Married or Single? and Feminism
Dr. Gussman
What title was given to Married or Single? by the Ladies' Repository?
The Book of the Season
Other than Married or Single?, Lubovich discusses these two works by Sedgwick to develop her argument.
What are Hope Leslie and "Old Maids"?
Grace tells Mrs. Clifford that she wishes marriage to be a ____ for women.
Choice
Did Sedgwick get married?
Nope
Which 19th century activist said, "Woman is a slave, from cradle to grave"?
Ernestine Rose
Lubovich claims that through the characters Grace Herbert and Hope Leslie, Sedgwick develops a case for this, which becomes a key argument in nineteenth century domestic literature.
What is female exceptionalism or female exceptional individualism?
Who does Archy propose to before marrying Grace?
Alice
This is the name of the child who dies while Horace Copley is seducing a M.I.L.F.
What is Elise Tallis?
Which women's rights activist included a protest to marriage laws in her vows and kept her maiden name after marrying?
Lucy Stone
Lubovich writes that Grace Herbert must learn these three lessons of spinsterhood in order to become well suited to be a wife and have a better, more equal marriage.
What are independence, exceptionalism, and usefulness?
The epigraph that precedes Vol. 2 Ch. 24 references a line from this Shakespeare tragedy.
"Marry! that marry is the very theme I came to talk of— "
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Was Sedgwick religious?
Yes