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Susanna Rowson
Rowson, Susanna Haswell
Susanna Haswell Rowson (rou´sən), 1762–1824, American author and actress, b. England. She was brought to America as a young child, but after the Revolution, the family returned to England. Her first novel, Victoria, appeared in 1786, the same year she married William Rowson. Having acted for a short time in England, the Rowsons emigrated to the United States in 1793, joining a theatrical company in Philadelphia. Retiring from the stage in 1796, Mrs. Rowson opened a school for girls in Boston, one of the best of its day, which she directed for 25 years. She wrote novels, poetry, and plays, but is remembered for one novel, Charlotte: a Tale of Truth (1791), called in later editions Charlotte Temple, a sentimental and didactic story, which went through more than 150 editions.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2012, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
The Plight of Feeling: Sympathy and Dissent in the Early American Novel
Julia A. Stern. University of Chicago Press, 1997
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Julia A. Stern. University of Chicago Press, 1997
Librarian’s tip: Chap. Two "Working through the Frame: The Dream of Transparency in Charlotte Temple"
The (Other) American Traditions: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers
Joyce W. Warren. Rutgers University Press, 1993
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Joyce W. Warren. Rutgers University Press, 1993
Librarian’s tip: "Susanna Rowson, Father of the American Novel" begins on p. 29
Narrative Intrusion in Charlotte Temple: A Closet Feminist's Strategy in an American Novel
Barton, Paul. Women and Language, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 2000
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Barton, Paul. Women and Language, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 2000
Alienated, Betrayed, and Powerless: A Possible Connection between Charlotte Temple and the Legend of Inkle and Yarico
Epley, Steven. Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 38, No. 2, Spring 2002
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Epley, Steven. Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 38, No. 2, Spring 2002
Love and Death in the American Novel
Leslie A. Fiedler. Stein and Day, 1966 (Revised edition)
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Leslie A. Fiedler. Stein and Day, 1966 (Revised edition)
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 4 "The Bourgeois Sentimental Novel and the Female Audience"
That Pale Mother Rising: Sentimental Discourses and the Imitation of Motherhood in 19th-Century America
Eva Cherniavsky. Indiana University Press, 1995
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Eva Cherniavsky. Indiana University Press, 1995
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 2 "Charlotte Temple's Remains"
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature
Kathy J. Whitson. Greenwood Press, 2004
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Kathy J. Whitson. Greenwood Press, 2004
Librarian’s tip: "Rowson, Susanna" begins on p. 208
American Women Writers to 1800
Sharon M. Harris. Oxford University Press, 1996
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Sharon M. Harris. Oxford University Press, 1996
Librarian’s tip: "Susanna Haswell Rowson (1761-1824, Massachusetts)" begins on p. 393
Notable Women in American History: A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies
Lynda G. Adamson. Greenwood Press, 1999
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Lynda G. Adamson. Greenwood Press, 1999
Female Captivity and the Deployment of Race in Three Early American Texts
Woodard, Maureen L. Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 32, No. 2, Spring 1996
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Woodard, Maureen L. Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 32, No. 2, Spring 1996