Eger Bluestockings

Women of Reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism
2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-25050-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 275 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print

This studyargues that female networks of conversation, correspondenceand patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the 'higher' realms of Shakespeare criticism and poetry. Eger traces the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic culture, arguing for the relevance of rational argument in the history of women's writing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eger, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: The Nine Living Muses of Great Britain (1779) Living Muses: the female icon The Bluestocking Salon: Patronage, Correspondence and Conversation 'Female champions': Women Critics of Shakespeare The Bluestocking Legacy in the Romantic Era Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

ELIZABETH EGER is Senior Lecturer in English at King's College London. She co-curated an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in 2008, Brilliant Women: 18th-Century Bluestockings . She has published widely in the field of eighteenth-century literary and cultural history, including work on the topics of luxury, the public sphere and actresses.