Bluestockings: Women of Reason from Enlightenment to RomanticismThis studyargues that female networks of conversation, correspondenceand patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the 'higher' realms of Shakespeare criticism and poetry. Eger traces the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic culture, arguing for the relevance of rational argument in the history of women's writing. |
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... celebrated by the men , women and children , among whom one is actually living and look- ing . One thing is particularly agreeable to my vanity , to say nothing about my heart , together , and that from the classical poet , the water ...
... celebrated by the men , women and children , among whom one is actually living and look- ing . One thing is particularly agreeable to my vanity , to say nothing about my heart , together , and that from the classical poet , the water ...
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... celebrated in the eighteenth century . Michael Dobson , in his study , The Making of a National Poet , has written : It was this period , after all , which initiated many of the practices which modern spectators and readers of ...
... celebrated in the eighteenth century . Michael Dobson , in his study , The Making of a National Poet , has written : It was this period , after all , which initiated many of the practices which modern spectators and readers of ...
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... Celebrated Women , of All Ages and Countries . Alphabetically arranged , 6 vols ( London : printed for Richard Phillips , 1803 ) . Hume , David , Essays Moral , Political and Literary ( Edinburgh : Adam Black and Charles Tait , 1826 ) ...
... Celebrated Women , of All Ages and Countries . Alphabetically arranged , 6 vols ( London : printed for Richard Phillips , 1803 ) . Hume , David , Essays Moral , Political and Literary ( Edinburgh : Adam Black and Charles Tait , 1826 ) ...
Contents
The Bluestocking Legacy in the Romantic | 4 |
Conclusion | 57 |
Notes | 68 |
Copyright | |
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