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Catharine Maria Sedgwick fue una de las escritoras que gozó de mayor éxito durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX en Estados Unidos. Cultivadora de los géneros de literatura de mujer o de sentimiento, su obra ha llamado la atención de la crítica en las últimas décadas del siglo XX por la contribución de Sedgwick a la creación de una literatura nacional. El artículo aborda la producción literaria de Sedgwick y en especial su texto más famoso, Hope Leslie (1827), como un ejemplo de ambivalencia política. Dicho posicionamiento llevó a la autora a crear heroínas que cuestionaban el patriarcado —y mostraban así claras características protofeministas—, aunque a la vez su obra queda atrapada en visiones más conservadoras sobre la raza y el género que conforman un panorama complejo y que huye de evaluaciones de la obra de Sedgwick en términos absolutos ; Catharine Maria Sedgwick was one of the most popular writers in antebellum United States. Credited with having initiated a tradition of sentimental fiction, her work has attracted the attention of criticism in the last decades of the twentieth century for her relevance in the creation of a national American literature. This essay analyzes one of Sedgwick's most popular texts, Hope Leslie (1827), as an example of Sedgwick's political ambivalence. Such a stance led her to the creation of female characters such as Hope and Magawiska, who question patriarchy and therefore show clear protofeminist characteristics. Sedgwick, however, also puts forward conservative visions on race and gender alongside. The paper argues for an assessment of Sedgwick's work that takes the complexity of her position into account.

Catharine Maria Sedgwick fue una de las escritoras que gozó de mayor éxito durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX en Estados Unidos. Cultivadora de los géneros de literatura de mujer o de sentimiento, su obra ha llamado la atención de la crítica en las últimas décadas del siglo XX por la contribución de Sedgwick a la creación de una literatura nacional. El artículo aborda la producción literaria de Sedgwick y en especial su texto más famoso, Hope Leslie (1827), como un ejemplo de ambivalencia política. Dicho posicionamiento llevó a la autora a crear heroínas que cuestionaban el patriarcado —y mostraban así claras características protofeministas—, aunque a la vez su obra queda atrapada en visiones más conservadoras sobre la raza y el género que conforman un panorama complejo y que huye de evaluaciones de la obra de Sedgwick en términos absolutos. ; Catharine Maria Sedgwick was one of the most popular writers in antebellum United States. Credited with having initiated a tradition of sentimental fiction, her work has attracted the attention of criticism in the last decades of the twentieth century for her relevance in the creation of a national American literature. This essay analyzes one of Sedgwick's most popular texts, Hope Leslie (1827), as an example of Sedgwick's political ambivalence. Such a stance led her to the creation of female characters such as Hope and Magawiska, who question patriarchy and therefore show clear protofeminist characteristics. Sedgwick, however, also puts forward conservative visions on race and gender alongside. The paper argues for an assessment of Sedgwick's work that takes the complexity of her position into account

The Puritan migration to Massachusetts in the first half of the Seventeenth century can be defined as an utopian movement with millennial expectations of Christ's second coming. Generally millennialism has been associated with the lunatic fringe of religious fanatics, but this migration equally reflects the Puritan dream of order. Examines these Puritans efforts to establish, shape and justify theocratic government in Massachusetts. (JLN)

As the colonists became increasingly dissatisfied in the rule of the British government, women began to take an active role in the movements leading up to the Revolutionary War. After obtaining independence from the crown, women became dissatisfied with their exclusion from Constitutional rights. Daughters of Liberty traces women's role through the war and the Early Republic, including the creation of the Daughters of Liberty, African-American mutual aid societies, and the first women's relief organization, the Ladies Association of Philadelphia

This Note argues that Massachusetts should create early intervention shelters to aid potential status offenders and other troubled teenagers. The current juvenile justice system deserves critique because it is too reactive and focused on problem-free outcomes such as staying arrestfree, rather than developmental outcomes such as emotional maturity. This Note explores the short-term and long-term benefits of early intervention shelters and suggests that the shelters would be a helpful solution to the problem. Massachusetts should follow the model of other states and enact legislation to create and maintain early intervention shelters on a statewide scale. Such legislation would be attentive to concerns of race, gender, class, and budget.