Women, writing, and revolution, 1790-1827 / Gary Kelly.
Women, writing, and revolution, 1790-1827 / Gary Kelly.
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Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Date
1993.
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N820.9928709/4
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English
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vii, 328 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
I. Women and Writing in the Revolutionary Decade.
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Publisher
Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1993.
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Summary
The French Revolution stirred a bitter debate in Britain concerning the nature of civil society and the political nation. This is an original and lively study of the efforts of contemporary women writers to base a reformed state and national culture on virtues and domains traditionally conceded to women.
Gary Kelly investigates this hitherto neglected achievement by combining a wide survey of women's writing in its historical context with detailed analyses of three leading women writers: Helen Maria Williams, the eyewitness to the Revolution most widely read in Britain; the determined feminist and self-styled 'female philosopher' Mary Hays; and Eli...
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Women, writing, and revolution, 1790-1827 / Gary Kelly.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-318) and index.
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N820.9928709/4
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74VKmeQoZ6BA
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0198122721 (cloth : alk. paper) :
9780198122722 (cloth : alk. paper) :
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820.9928709034
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991020744699702626
