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Author:

Eger, Elizabeth.

Title:

Bluestockings : women of reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism / Elizabeth Eger.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiii, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

English literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
Women and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Feminism and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Women--Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.
Women intellectuals--Great Britain.
Literary patrons--Great Britain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-269) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"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the tension between individual and collective models of authorship, Eger draws on visual and printed materials and unpublished manuscripts to argue for the enduring relevance of rational argument in the history of womens' writing"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.

ISBN:

023020533X (hardback)
9780230205338 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)298778266

LCCN:

2009044529

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)