Women and Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Britain / Karen O'Brien.

Author/creator O'Brien, Karen
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Descriptionviii, 310 p. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
English literature--18th century. --History and criticism.
English literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Women--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Sex role--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Feminism--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Enlightenment--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Intellectual life. --18th century.

Variant title Women and Enlightenment in 18th-century Britain
Contents Anglican Whig feminism in England, 1690-1760 : self-love, reason and social benevolence -- From savage to Scotswoman : the history of femininity -- Roman, Gothic and medieval women : the historicisation of womanhood, 1750-c.1804 -- Catharine Macaulay's histories of England : liberty, civilisation and the female historian -- Good manners and partial civilisation in the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft -- The history women and the population men, 1760-1830.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 286-304) and index.
LCCN 2008044207
ISBN9780521773492 (hbk.)
ISBN0521773490 (hbk.)
ISBN9780521774277 (pbk.)
ISBN0521774276 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PR448 .W65 O37 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold