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

by Ballaster, Ros

• ISBN13: 9781137350404
• ISBN10: 1137350407
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-09-20
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The History of British Women's Writing, 1690-1750 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.

Author Biography

ROS BALLASTER teaches eighteenth-century literature at Oxford University, UK. She is the author of Fabulous Orients: Fictions of the East in England 1662-1785 (winner of the Rose Mary Crawshay prize 2005), and Seductive Forms: Women's Amatory Fiction 184-1740.

Table of Contents

Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
Chronology
Introduction; R.Ballaster
PART I: DEBATES
1. Woman's Place; K.O'Brien
2. Luxury; E.Clery
3. Country and City; C.Gerrard
PART II: TRANSFORMATIONS
4. The Politics and Aesthetics of Dissent; S.Achinstein
5. The Scriblerian Project; J.Campbell
6. The Rise of the Novel; K.Williams
PART III: WRITING MODES
7. Scribal and Print Publication; K.King
8. Drama; J.Spencer
9. Periodical; S.L.Maurer
10. Letters and Learning; M.Bigold
PART IV: WORLDS OF FEELING
11. Religious Love; J.Shaw
12. Erotic Love; T.Bowers
13. Friendship/Companionate Love; M.Haslett
Critical Review
Bibliography
Index