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Informationen zum Autor Sharon Achinstein, Reader in Renaissance English Literature, Oxford University, UKMelanie Bigold, Lecturer in English, Cardiff University, UKToni Bowers, Associate Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, USAJill Campbell, Professor of English, Yale University, USA E.J. Clery, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature, University of Southampton, UKChristine Gerrard, Lecturer in English, University of Oxford, UKKathryn R. King, Lecturer in English, University of Montevallo, USAMoyra Haslett, Senior Lecturer in English, Queen's University, Belfast, UKShawn Lisa Maurer, Associate Professor of English, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, USAKaren O'Brien, Professor of English Literature, University of Warwick, UKJane Shaw, Reader in Church History, Oxford University, UK Jane Spencer, Professor of English, Exeter University, UKKate Williams, Independent Scholar Klappentext This volume charts the most significant changes for a literary history of women in a period that saw the beginnings of a discourse of 'enlightened feminism'. It reveals that women engaged in forms old and new, seeking to shape and transform the culture of letters rather than simply reflect or respond to the work of their male contemporaries. Zusammenfassung This volume charts the most significant changes for a literary history of women in a period that saw the beginnings of a discourse of 'enlightened feminism'. It reveals that women engaged in forms old and new! seeking to shape and transform the culture of letters rather than simply reflect or respond to the work of their male contemporaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Chronology Introduction; R.Ballaster PART ONE: DEBATES Woman's Place; K.O'Brien Luxury; E.Clery Country and City; C.Gerrard PART TWO: TRANSFORMATIONS The Politics and Aesthetics of Dissent; S.Achinstein The Scriblerian Project; J.Campbell The Rise of the Novel; K.Williams PART THREE: WRITING MODES Scribal and Print Publication; K.King Drama; J.Spencer Periodical; S.L.Maurer Letters and Learning; M.Bigold PART FOUR: WORLDS OF FEELING Religious Love; J.Shaw Erotic love; T.Bowers Friendship/Companionate Love; M.Haslett Critical Review Bibliography Index...
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Series Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Chronology Introduction; R.Ballaster PART ONE: DEBATES Woman's Place; K.O'Brien Luxury; E.Clery Country and City; C.Gerrard PART TWO: TRANSFORMATIONS The Politics and Aesthetics of Dissent; S.Achinstein The Scriblerian Project; J.Campbell The Rise of the Novel; K.Williams PART THREE: WRITING MODES Scribal and Print Publication; K.King Drama; J.Spencer Periodical; S.L.Maurer Letters and Learning; M.Bigold PART FOUR: WORLDS OF FEELING Religious Love; J.Shaw Erotic love; T.Bowers Friendship/Companionate Love; M.Haslett Critical Review Bibliography Index
