QUAKER ELIZABETH ASHBRIDGE AS "THE SPECTACLE & DISCOURSE OF THE COMPANY".

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Author: ETTA M. MADDEN
Date: Spring 1999
From: Early American Literature(Vol. 34, Issue 2)
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Document Type: Critical essay
Length: 8,133 words

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The article discusses the manner in which 18th-century Quaker Elizabeth Ashbridge reveals her life in her autobiography, "Some Account of the Fore Part of the Life Of Elizabeth Ashbridge." Ashbridge views life as spectacle and discourse, and she pays particular attention to speech and behavior.

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