Bluestockings: Women of Reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism

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Palgrave Macmillan, Jan 20, 2010 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 275 pages
This 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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The Bluestocking Legacy in the Romantic
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Conclusion
57
Notes
68
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ELIZABETH EGER is lecturer in English at Kingâs College London. She recently co-curated an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, âBrilliant Women: 18th century bluestockingsâ. She has published widely in the field of eighteenth-century cultural history, including articles on the topics of luxury, the public sphere and eighteenth-century actresses.