The History of British Women's Writing, 1690 - 1750: Volume Four

by R. Ballaster (Editor)

Overview

This volume charts the most significant changes for a literary history of women in a period that saw the beginnings of a discourse of 'enlightened feminism'. It reveals that women engaged in forms old and new, seeking to shape and transform the culture of letters rather than simply reflect or respond to the work of their male contemporaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349361861
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Series:	History of British Women's Writing , #4
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sharon Achinstein, Reader in Renaissance English Literature, Oxford University, UK Melanie Bigold, Lecturer in English, Cardiff University, UK Toni Bowers, Associate Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, USA Jill Campbell, Professor of English, Yale University, USA E.J. Clery, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature, University of Southampton, UK Christine Gerrard, Lecturer in English, University of Oxford, UK Kathryn R. King, Lecturer in English, University of Montevallo, USA Moyra Haslett, Senior Lecturer in English, Queen's University, Belfast, UK Shawn Lisa Maurer, Associate Professor of English, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Karen O'Brien, Professor of English Literature, University of Warwick, UK Jane Shaw, Reader in Church History, Oxford University, UK Jane Spencer, Professor of English, Exeter University, UK Kate Williams, Independent Scholar

Table of Contents

Series Preface vii

Acknowledgements ix

Notes on the Contributors x

Chronology xiv

Introduction Ros Ballaster 1

Part I Debates

1 Woman's Place Karen O'Brien 19

2 Luxury E.J. Clery 40

3 The Country and the City Christine Gerrard 61

Part II Transformations

4 The Politics and Aesthetics of Dissent Sharon Achinstein 81

5 The Scriblerian Project Jill Campbell 96

6 Women Writers and the Rise of the Novel Kate Williams 113

Part III Writing Modes

7 Scribal and Print Publication Kathryn R. King 127

8 Drama Jane Spencer 145

9 The Periodical Shawn Lisa Maurer 156

10 Letters and Learning Melanie Bigold 173

Part IV Worlds of Feeling

11 Religious Love Jane Shaw 189

12 Erotic Love Toni Bowers 201

13 The Love of Friendship Moyra Haslett 215

Part V Overview

14 Critical Review Ros Ballaster 235

Works Cited 252

Index 273