Women's Life Writing, 1700-1850 Gender, Genre and Authorship
Description
This collection discusses British and Irish life writings by women in the period 1700-1850. It argues for the importance of women's life writing as part of the culture and practice of eighteenth-century and Romantic auto/biography, exploring the complex relationships between constructions of femininity, life writing forms and models of authorship.
Keywords
Social ScienceGender StudiesLiterary CriticismEuropeanModern18th Century19th CenturyWomen's StudiesRenaissance
2012Book
Author(s)Daniel Cook, Amy Culley
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230343078
LanguageEnglish
