Tabitha Gilman Tenney - Wikipedia Tabitha Gilman Tenney From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search American author Illustration from Tenney's Female Quixotism (Boston: J.P. Peaslee, 1825) Tabitha Gilman Tenney (1762–1837) was an early American author from Exeter, New Hampshire. Writing[edit] Tenney's novel Female Quixotism, Exhibited in the Romantic Opinions and Extravagant Adventures of Dorcasina Sheldon, which followed Cervantes in attacking the delusions encouraged by romantic literature, was first published in two volumes in 1801.[1][2][3] Literary historian F. L. Patee has described Female Quixotism (1801) as the most popular novel written in America prior to the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852. Female Quixotism went through at least five editions and was still in print when Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her landmark book. A quote from page 23 of her book shows signs of an early feminist attitude: "Those enemies to female improvement thought a woman had no business with any book but the bible, or perhaps the art of cookery; believing that everything beyond these served only to disqualify her for the duties of domestic life." [4] Family life[edit] Tabitha was a teenager during the American Revolution. Exeter was the Revolutionary capitol of New Hampshire. She was the second cousin of Nicholas Gilman, NH State Treasurer during the American Revolution. Her uncle Peter Gilman was a Brigadier. Her parents were Samuel and Lydia.[5] In 1788, she married Samuel Tenney, a former army surgeon. They had no children. He was elected to Congress in 1788.[1] He became a long-time judge in Exeter.[5] Their house originally stood next door to the town hall and courthouse, but was moved, and currently stands at 65 High Street.[6] Upon her 1837 death in Exeter, she was buried at the Winter Street Burial Ground.[7] Further reading[edit] By Tenney[edit] New Pleasing Instructor Tabitha Tenney. Female quixotism: exhibited in the romantic opinions and extravagant adventures of Dorcasina Sheldon.[8] Boston: Printed by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1801. Boston: J. P. Peaslee, 1825. Google books v.1 Oxford University Press, 1991 "Female Quixotism" with foreword by feminist scholars About Tenney[edit] "Tabitha Tenney" in: Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck. Cyclopaedia of American Literature. NY: C. Scribner, 1856. Google books R. W. G. Vail, ed. (1933–34). "Tenney". Bibliotheca Americana. 24. New York. OCLC 13972268. Cynthia J. Miecznikowski. The Parodic Mode and the Patriarchal Imperative: Reading the Female Reader(s) in Tabitha Tenney's "Female Quixotism". Early American Literature, Vol. 25, No. 1 (1990), pp. 34–45 Linda Frost. The Body Politic in Tabitha Tenney's "Female Quixotism". Early American Literature, Vol. 32, No. 2 (1997), pp. 113–134 Gretchen McBride, scholar, "Rediscovering Tabitha Tenney" lecture on video Rediscovering Tabitha Gilman Tenney References[edit] ^ a b Cyclopaedia of American literature. 1. New York: C. Scribner. 1856. p. 504. ^ "List of American Authors." The American almanac and repository of useful knowledge. Boston: 1840. Google books ^ Allibone. A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the middle of the nineteenth century. Trübner & co., 1871 ^ Tenney, Tabitha (July 11, 1825). "Female Quixotism: Exhibited in the Romantic Opinions and Extravagant Adventures of Dorcasina Sheldon". J. P. Peaslee – via Google Books. ^ a b "About Tabitha Gilman Tenney". Exeter Newsletter. 1 February 1929. ^ "65 High St, Exeter, NH - Google Search". www.google.com. ^ FindAGrave.com: Tabitha "Tabby" Gilman Tenney. accessed 2010.07.10 ^ Tenney, Tabitha (1801), Female quixotism, exhibited in the romantic opinions and extravagant adventures of Dorcasina Sheldon, Printed by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, retrieved 13 June 2018 External links[edit] WorldCat. Tabitha Tenney Open Library. Female Quixotism Authority control BNE: XX1477569 BNF: cb12394532s (data) GND: 122380924 ISNI: 0000 0000 8122 847X LCCN: n88022448 NTA: 105420530 SNAC: w68640nd SUDOC: 033038171 VIAF: 44382316 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n88022448 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tabitha_Gilman_Tenney&oldid=993483647" Categories: 1762 births 1837 deaths 19th-century American novelists American women novelists Gilman family of New Hampshire People from Exeter, New Hampshire Novelists from New Hampshire 19th-century American women writers Hidden categories: CS1: Julian–Gregorian uncertainty Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata CS1: abbreviated year range Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages العربية Latina Edit links This page was last edited on 10 December 2020, at 21:13 (UTC). 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