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 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 …
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…
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…