In volume 2 of The Fenwick Letters,the scholarly annotations to the letters written by Eliza Fenwick (1764-1840) and her granddaughter Elizabeth Rutherford Savage (1817-1899) between 1822 and 1840 reveal an immigration success story. Eliza remade herself in North America as a businesswoman and educator, and her progressive arts-based philosophies and practices still read as a template for academic excellence."."
The eloquent letters of Eliza Fenwick, a talented author and teacher in the circle of Godwin, voice her struggle to secure independence for herself and her two children from her indebted alcoholic husband. [. . .] Here, Paul’s extensive introductory comments and notes make allusions in the Fenwick family letters accessible to the general reader, while highlighting passages of special interest to students of Romantic literature and politics.
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