Women and literature in Britain, 1700-1800 / edited by Vivien Jones.

Other author Jones, Vivien, 1952-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Descriptionxi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
English literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Women and literature--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
English literature--18th century. --History and criticism.
Women intellectuals--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Intellectual life. --18th century.

Contents Writings on education and conduct: arguments for female improvement / Kathryn Sutherland -- Eighteenth-century femininity: "a supposed sexual character" / Harriet Guest -- Women and race: "a difference of complexion" / Felicity A. Nussbaum -- Women's status as legal and civic subjects: "a worse condition than slavery itself" / Gillian Skinner -- Women in families: the great disinheritance / Ruth Perry -- Women and the business of print / Paula McDowell -- Women readers: a case study / Jon Fergus -- (Re)discovering women's texts / Isobel Grundy -- Women and the rise of the novel: sexual prescripts / Ros Ballaster -- Women poets of the eighteenth century / Margaret Anne Doody -- Women and the theatre / Angela J. Smallwood -- Women and popular culture: gender, cultural dynamics, and popular prints / Diane Dugaw -- Varieties of women's writing / Clare Brant.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 306-310) and index.
LCCN 99022555
ISBN0521583470 (hbk.)
ISBN0521586801 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PR113 .W655 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold