St. Elmo: Or, Saved at LastSt. Elmo was the most famed and beloved novel by Augusta Jane Evans, a June 2015 inductee into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. First published in 1866, Evans’s rich tale of the relationship between the dashing and worldly St. Elmo and Edna Earl, an exemplar of virtuous Southern womanhood, sold over a million copies in four months and became one of the nineteenth century’s most influential novels. This edition includes an introduction by Evans scholar Diane Roberts about the enduring relevance and legacy of St. Elmo as a work of literature as well as a reflection of gender roles and the seismic societal changes taking place in the United States in the aftermath of the Civil War. |
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... Jane Eyre , determined to become educated and make her own way in the world , negotiating unexamined piety and agoniz- ing doubt , must have been an important model for Evans . Certainly Jane Eyre ( 1847 ) influenced St. Elmo as well as ...
... Jane Eyre , determined to become educated and make her own way in the world , negotiating unexamined piety and agoniz- ing doubt , must have been an important model for Evans . Certainly Jane Eyre ( 1847 ) influenced St. Elmo as well as ...
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... Jane Eyre does ) , saying to him : " No ! no ! I am no viceregent of an outraged and insulted God ! Go yonder to Jesus . He only can save and purify you ' ” ( 211 ) . It is only after a series of catastrophic illnesses , deaths , and ...
... Jane Eyre does ) , saying to him : " No ! no ! I am no viceregent of an outraged and insulted God ! Go yonder to Jesus . He only can save and purify you ' ” ( 211 ) . It is only after a series of catastrophic illnesses , deaths , and ...
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... Jane Eyre , ed . Jane Jack and Margaret Smith . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1969 . Evans , Augusta Jane . Beulah . New York : Knight and Son , 1860 . — . “ The Mutilation of the Hermae . " Gulf City Home Journal , 9 Nov. 1862 ...
... Jane Eyre , ed . Jane Jack and Margaret Smith . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1969 . Evans , Augusta Jane . Beulah . New York : Knight and Son , 1860 . — . “ The Mutilation of the Hermae . " Gulf City Home Journal , 9 Nov. 1862 ...
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