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  • A Literary History of Women's Writing in Britain, 1660-1789.[electronic resource].
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 820.99287
    Title/Author: A Literary History of Women's Writing in Britain, 1660-1789.
    Author: Staves, Susan.
    Published: Leiden : : Cambridge University Press,, 2006.
    Description: 550 p.
    Subject: Women and literature.
    ISBN: 9780511484513 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9780521858656 (print)
    [NT 15000228]: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Public women: the Restoration to the death of Aphra Behn, 1660–1689; CHAPTER 2 Partisans of virtue and religion, 1689–1702; CHAPTER 3 Politics, gallantry, and ladies in the reign of Queen Anne, 1702–1714; CHAPTER 4 Battle joined, 1715–1737; CHAPTER 5 Women as members of the literary family, 1737–1756; CHAPTER 6 Bluestockings and sentimental writers, 1756–1776; CHAPTER 7 Romance and comedy, 1777–1789; Notes; Recommended modern editions; Select bibliography; Index
    [NT 15000229]: Drawing on three decades of feminist scholarship, Susan Staves provides a comprehensive history of women's writing in Britain from the Restoration to the French Revolution. Arranged chronologically to emphasize the historical and literary contexts, this magisterial work includes a comprehensive bibliography and list of modern editions of the authors discussed.
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