The contrast
Subtitle: manners, morals, and authority in the early American republic
By: [edited by] Cynthia A. Kierner
Contributors: Kierner, Cynthia A., 1958-
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780814747926; 9780814747933
Subjects: Manners and customs -- Drama; Conduct of life -- Drama; Betrothal -- Drama; Arranged marriage -- Drama; Mate selection -- Drama; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Drama; United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865 -- Sources
Genres: Drama; Sources
Notes: A reprint of The contrast by Royall Tyler, with annotated footnotes and an extensive introduction; also features selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-142) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The contrast / Royall Tyler; title: Primary documents: The former, present, and future prospects of America (1786); The dabblers (1788);  Effects of the stage on the manners of a people (1792);  Anti-theater petition (1793); The art of pleasing men and women (1747) ; Mercy Otis Warren on Chesterfield's letters (1779); For the females (1787); Fantastical, preposterous fashions [of] gentlemen (1787);  On matrimonial obedience (1792);  Proper conduct of the wife towards her husband (1804); Panegyric on the marriage state (1786); How to prolong the happiness of the marriage union (1787); Plan for the establishment of public schools (1786); The progress of a countryman (1787); The will of the people (1792); The natural aristocracy (1813)