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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Page 93
... philosophy'.116 Eliza- beth Montagu and her circle played a major role in forming and circulating critical opinion from the 1750s onwards , in creating just such an ' epistolary philosophy ' . The bluestocking correspondence formed a ...
... philosophy'.116 Eliza- beth Montagu and her circle played a major role in forming and circulating critical opinion from the 1750s onwards , in creating just such an ' epistolary philosophy ' . The bluestocking correspondence formed a ...
Page 94
... philosophy with the tenets of Christianity was cen- tral to her justification for embarking on the project , and she ... Philosophers : but in what that Conformity to Nature consists , was the Point in Dispute . The Epicureans ...
... philosophy with the tenets of Christianity was cen- tral to her justification for embarking on the project , and she ... Philosophers : but in what that Conformity to Nature consists , was the Point in Dispute . The Epicureans ...
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... philosophy . Learning is a value to be displayed and exchanged through con- versation , which forms the ' bliss of life ' and the ' balm of care ' . The title of the poem itself conveys the inextricable relationship between conversation ...
... philosophy . Learning is a value to be displayed and exchanged through con- versation , which forms the ' bliss of life ' and the ' balm of care ' . The title of the poem itself conveys the inextricable relationship between conversation ...
Contents
The Bluestocking Legacy in the Romantic | 4 |
Conclusion | 57 |
Notes | 68 |
Copyright | |
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