Women, writing, and the public sphere : 1700-1830 / edited by Elizabeth Eger [and others].

Other author Eger, Elizabeth.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Descriptionxii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Introduction: women, writing and representation / Elizabeth Eger, [et.al]. -- Coffee-women, The spectator and the public sphere in the early eighteenth century / Markman Ellis. -- Misses, murderesses and magdalens: women in the public eye / Caroline Gonda. -- The choice of Hercules: the polite arts and 'female excellence' in eighteenth-century London / Charlotte Grant. -- Representing culture: The nine living muses of Great Britain (1779) / Elizabeth Eger. -- A moral purchase: femininity, commerce and abolition, 1788-1792 / Kate Davies. -- Bluestocking feminism / Gary Kelly. -- Catharine Macaulay: history, republicanism and the public sphere / Susan Wiseman. -- Gender, nation and revolution : Maria Edgeworth and Stéphanie-Félicité de Genlis / Cliona Ó Gallchoir. -- Salons, alps and cordilleras: Helen Maria Williams, Alex von Humboldt and the discourse of romantic travel / Nigel Leask. -- The most public sphere of all : the family / Sylvana Tomaselli. -- Theorising public opinion: Elizabeth Hamilton's model of self, sympathy and society / Penny Warburton. -- Intimate connections: scandalous memoirs and epistolary indiscretion / Mary Jacobus.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 290-312) and index.
LCCN 00031285
ISBN9780521025805
ISBN0521771064

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1391.G7 W66 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold