Publishing the Woman Writer in England, 1670-1750

Based on a survey of nearly seven hundred works with female authors from this period, this book contends that authorship was constructed, not always by the author, for market appeal, that biography often supported an authorial persona rooted in the genre of the work, and that authorship was a role rather than an identity.

List of contents

• 1: Perspectives on Women Writers in Print Since 1670


• 2: Originality and Attribution: Establishing Authority in Print


• 3: Mediating Women's Writing


• 4: The Author as Subject: Problems of Biography


• 5: Women in Translation


• 6: Real and Imagined Readers


• 7: Towards a New History of Women Writers in England

About the author

Leah Orr is Associate Professor of English at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, where she is the current holder of the Joseph P. Montiel Professorship in English. She is the author of Novel Ventures: Fiction and Print Culture in England, 1690-1730 (2017), and has published articles on book history, women writers, reception studies, and the novel in the long eighteenth century.

Summary

Based on a survey of nearly seven hundred works with female authors from this period, this book contends that authorship was constructed, not always by the author, for market appeal, that biography often supported an authorial persona rooted in the genre of the work, and that authorship was a role rather than an identity.

Additional text

From 1670 to 1750, nearly 700 works are now identified as written by women, and though this is less than one per cent of the total print output, Orr's exploration and command of this corpus will help to inform research on women's writing in this period for years to come.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Leah (Associate Professor of English Orr, Leah Orr
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.07.2023
• EAN: 9780192886293
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288629-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, British & Irish history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, C 1600 To C 1700, Early 18th century c 1700 to c 1750, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 17th century c 1650 to c 1699