Imagining women readers, 1789-1820 : well-regulated minds /

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This book reassesses the cultural significance of women's reading in the period 1789-1820. While much attention has been paid to the moral panic provoked by novel-reading during this period, this study offers a more progressive and enabling narrative. From the turbulent years following the Fren...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Ritter, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Colección:JSTOR EBA.
Temas:
1700-1899
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women > Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women > Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Authors and readers > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Authors and readers > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Écrits de femmes anglais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Écrivains et lecteurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Écrivains et lecteurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors and readers
English literature
English literature > Women authors
Women and literature
Women > Books and reading
Englisch
Frauenliteratur
Frau
Leseverhalten
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. 'Like a sheet of white paper': books, bodies and the sensuous materials of the mind
  • 2. 'Wholesome labour': the work of reading
  • 3. 'The enlightened energy of parental affection': post-revolutionary schemes of education
  • 4. 'Leisure to be wise': female education and the possibilities of domesticity
  • 5. Making the novel-readers of a country: pleasure and the practised reader.

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