Vocational philanthropy and British women's writing, 1790-1810 : Wollstonecraft, More, Edgeworth, Wordsworth

Vocational philanthropy and British women's writing, 1790-1810 : Wollstonecraft, More, Edgeworth, Wordsworth / Patricia Comitini.

Author/creator	Comitini, Patricia
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2005.
Description	viii, 168 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 Vindication of the rights of women. More, Hannah, 1745-1833--Criticism and interpretation. Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855--Diaries. Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849 Belinda. English prose literature--Women authors --History and criticism. English prose literature--18th century --History and criticism. English prose literature--19th century --History and criticism. Literature and society--Great Britain. Women and literature--Great Britain. Humanitarianism in literature. Charities--Great Britain.

Contents	History, philanthropy and benevolent femininity -- The benevolent woman : rereading Mary Wollstonecraft's A vindication of the rights of woman -- Beyond the polite : philanthropy and the politics of 'popular' tales -- Reforming fiction and the middling classes : Maria Edgeworth's Belinda -- More than 'half a poet' : Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere journal.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-164) and index.
LCCN	2004016883
ISBN	0754650421 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR756.W65 C66 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold