Amelia Chesley
On the Sublime
What makes a work of writing feel sublime? This ancient treatise on literary style considers how language can rise beyond the merely correct…
The City of Din
A treatise on the increasing loudness of modern life, including philosophical and scientific discussion of what noise is, how effects us phy…
The Tale of the Spinning Wheel
Adapted from a talk given for various New England historical societies and chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), this …
Letters to Catherine E. Beecher in Reply to an Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism
This is a collection of thirteen letters from Angelina Grimké on the subjects of abolitionism and human rights in the United States.
The Arte or Crafte of Rhethoryke
This text is a reprint of the first English-language book on rhetoric, including an introduction and notes from Frederic Ives Carpenter of t…