HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple, Mason Locke Weems
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Gilbert stuart painted the famous picture of george washington. Charles wilson peale was the most popular painter during that time. He painted a lot of revolutionary propaganda. He wanted to create a national gallery of art for am. Peale collected weird animal oddities and a fella named p. t. Large number of book peddlers because reading was popular. Other literature comes about that is political in nature. Thomas paine publishes the rights of man. Paine becomes imprisoned in france and in 1795 he writes the age of reason (about org. religion) Daniel boone is written about like a new man, rugged, individualistic figure, becomes. Parson weems writes the tale of the cherry tree and other stories about george washington. Market for female readers- most famous being charlotte temple book. Susanna rowson wrote it and it"s an early romance novel. Woman"s literacy rates remain much lower than men but rise a little over time.
