Bluestockings : women of reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism / Elizabeth Eger
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Book
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Main Collection post-1900
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Publication Year
2010
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(BIB) Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-269) and index.||(CON) Introduction : The nine living muses of Great Britain -- Living muses : the female icon -- The bluestocking salon : patronage, correspondence and conversation -- 'Female champions' : women critics of Shakespeare -- The bluestocking legacy in the Romantic era.||(SUM) "Bluestockings participated in the first wide-scale creation of a national culture. Exploring the tension between individual and collective models of authorship, Eger draws on visual and printed materials and unpublished manuscripts to argue for the enduring relevance of rational argument in the history of womens' writing"--Provided by publisher.
Biblio Notes
xiii, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (hbk)
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