Women, writing, and the public sphere : 1700-1830 / edited by Elizabeth Eger [and others].
| Other author | Eger, Elizabeth. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. |
| Description | xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-312) and index. |
| LCCN | 00031285 |
| ISBN | 9780521025805 |
| ISBN | 0521771064 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ1391.G7 W66 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |