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Author:

O'Brien, Karen, Dr.

Title:

Women and Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Britain / Karen O'Brien.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

viii, 310 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Women--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Sex role--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Feminism--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Enlightenment--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-304) and index.

Contents:

Anglican Whig feminism in England, 1690-1760 : self-love, reason and social benevolence -- From savage to Scotswoman : the history of femininity -- Roman, Gothic and medieval women : the historicisation of womanhood, 1750-c.1804 -- Catharine Macaulay's histories of England : liberty, civilisation and the female historian -- Good manners and partial civilisation in the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft -- The history women and the population men, 1760-1830.

ISBN:

0521774276 (pbk.)
9780521774277 (pbk.)
0521773490 (hbk.)
9780521773492 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261177573

LCCN:

2008044207

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)