Title: "The Hearts of Your Readers will Shudder": Fanny Wright, Infidelity, and American Freethought
Abstract:WHEN THE NOTORIOUS RADICAL AND FREE LOVER FRANCES WRIGHT stood before predominantly working-class audiences during late 1 820s and 1 830s, she aroused emotions ranging from adulation to rage. To relig...WHEN THE NOTORIOUS RADICAL AND FREE LOVER FRANCES WRIGHT stood before predominantly working-class audiences during late 1 820s and 1 830s, she aroused emotions ranging from adulation to rage. To religiously orthodox and politically conservative, Wright was the Red Harlot of Infidelity. The Advocate of Moral Reform, warning of Wright's return to New York in 1836, reminded its readers of melancholy effects of former preaching and practice of this procuress of atheism and infidelity:Read More
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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