Women of Letters - Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England

Women of letters writes a new history of English women's intellectual worlds using their private letters as evidence of hidden networks of creative exchange. The book argues that many women of this period engaged with a life of the mind and demonstrates the dynamic role letter-writing played in the development of ideas.

Sommario

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Women and learning
1. Getting started
2. Becoming an intellectual
Part II: Putting pen to paper
3. Writing and thinking
4. Spaces for writing
Part III: Hearts and minds
5. Connecting reason and emotion
6. A seedbed for change
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Leonie Hannan is Research Fellow in the School of History and Anthropology at Queen's University, Belfast

Riassunto

Women of letters writes a new history of English women's intellectual worlds using their private letters as evidence of hidden networks of creative exchange. The book argues that many women of this period engaged with a life of the mind and demonstrates the dynamic role letter-writing played in the development of ideas. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Leonie Hannan
• Con la collaborazione di: Lynn Abrams (Editore), Pamela Sharpe (Editore), Penny Summerfield (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781526127198
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2719-8
• Pagine: 216
• Serie: Gender in History; Gender in History Mup; Gender in History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, c 1500 onwards to present day, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, History and Archaeology