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Stowe, Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher
Stowe, Harriet [Elizabeth] Beecher (1811–96),daughter of Lyman Beecher, was reared in Connecticut under the Calvinist tutelage of her father. Her youth was one of morbid introspection, tempered partly by the liberal beliefs of her uncle, Samuel Foote, and the reading of such romantic fiction as that of Scott, which influenced her own later work. In 1832 she moved with her family to Cincinnati, where she taught at a girls' school, and began to write sketches of New England life. In 1836 she married C.E. Stowe, who was then a professor in her father's theological seminary. She observed the life of slaves during a visit to Kentucky, was influenced by the antislavery sentiment prevailing at her father's school, and stored impressions that she used later in fiction.
Upon moving to Maine (1850), she was stirred more than ever by antislavery discussion and availed herself of leisure time to write Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which brought her nationwide prominence. Although she was not an Abolitionist, her supporters were, and to defend herself from attacks on the accuracy of her book she wrote A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1853), a compilation of facts drawn from laws, court records, newspapers, and private letters. At the height of her fame, she made a trip to England (1853), where she was enthusiastically received, and of which she wrote in Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands (1854). To further the antislavery cause, she wrote her second novel, Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856), which showed the demoralizing influence of slavery upon the whites. After another trip abroad, during which she was honored by Queen Victoria, Mrs. Stowe returned to begin the writing of a series of books set in New England and having fiction rather than propaganda for their purpose. The Minister's Wooing (1859) was a romance partly based on her sister's life, and contained an attack on the injustices of Calvinism, a religion that she eventually deserted. The Pearl of Orr's Island (1862) was another novel using New England local color, as was also Oldtown Folks (1869). In 1869 she again went abroad and met Lady Byron, from whom she obtained the information she published in Lady Byron Vindicated (1870). Her charge that Byron had had incestuous relations with his sister caused her to be accused of scandal mongering, and turned a great part of the English public against her. She returned to New England themes in Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories (1872), and in Poganuc People (1878) she wrote a novel closely based on her own childhood. Agnes of Sorrento (1862) is a historical novel set in Italy; Pink and White Tyranny (1871), a social satire; and My Wife and I (1871), a fictional essay defending woman's right to a career, which had as its sequel We and Our Neighbors (1875). Her Religious Poems was published in 1867, and some of her many lesser works were issued under the pseudonym Christopher Crowfield. After the Civil War, Mrs. Stowe lived mainly in Florida, and she described her quiet life there in Palmetto‐Leaves (1873). |
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Stowe, Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Stowe, Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-StoweHarrietElizabethBchr.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Stowe, Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-StoweHarrietElizabethBchr.html |
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Stow, Stowe, ‘assembly place, holy place’, OE stōw; examples include: Stow Lincs. Stou 1086 (DB). Stow Bardolf Norfolk. Stou 1086 (DB). Manorial affix from the Bardulf family, here in the 13th cent. Stow Bedon Norfolk. Stou 1086 (DB), Stouwebidun 1287. Manorial affix from the de Bidun family, here in the 13th cent. Stow cum Quy Cambs. Stoua 1086, Stowe cum Quey 1316. Quy is Coeia in 1086 (DB), ‘cow island’ from OE cū + ēg. Latin cum is ‘with’. Stowe Staffs. Stowe 1242. Stow Maries Essex. Stowe 1222, Stowe Mareys 1420. Manorial affix from the Mareys family, here in the 13th cent. Stow on the Wold Glos. Eduuardesstou 1086 (DB), Stoua 1213, Stowe on the Olde 1574. Originally ‘St Edward's holy place’. Later affix is from OE wald ‘high ground cleared of forest’. Stow, West Suffolk. Stowa 1086 (DB), Westowe 1254.
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A. D. MILLS. "Stow." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Stow." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Stow.html A. D. MILLS. "Stow." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Stow.html |
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stow / stō/ • v. [tr.] pack or store (an object) carefully and neatly in a particular place: the bathhouse offers baskets in which to stow your clothes | she stowed the map away in the glove compartment. PHRASES: stow it! inf. used as a way of urging someone to be quiet or to stop doing something.PHRASAL VERBS: stow away conceal oneself on a ship, aircraft, or other passenger vehicle in order to travel secretly or without paying the fare: he stowed away on a ship bound for South Africa. |
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"stow." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "stow." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-stow.html "stow." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-stow.html |
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stow †place XIV; put away to be stored XV; place (cargo) in a ship XVI. Aphetic of BESTOW; naut. sense perh. infl. by Du. stouwen.
Hence stowage XIV. Comp. stowaway person who hides in a ship. XIX; f. phr. s. (oneself) away. |
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T. F. HOAD. "stow." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "stow." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-stow.html T. F. HOAD. "stow." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-stow.html |
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Stow , city (1990 pop. 27,702), Summit co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Akron; settled 1802, inc. as a city 1960. Chiefly residential, it has some light industry. |
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"Stow." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Stow." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Stow.html "Stow." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Stow.html |
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. See Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Paul S. Boyer. "Stowe, Harriet Beecher." The Oxford Companion to United States History. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Paul S. Boyer. "Stowe, Harriet Beecher." The Oxford Companion to United States History. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O119-StoweHarrietBeecher.html Paul S. Boyer. "Stowe, Harriet Beecher." The Oxford Companion to United States History. 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O119-StoweHarrietBeecher.html |
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"stow." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "stow." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-stow.html "stow." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-stow.html |
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