Romantic women's life writing : reputation and afterlife /

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Explores how the publication of women's life writing influenced the reputation of its writers and of the genre itself during the long nineteenth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Civale, Susan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Burney, Fanny, > 1752-1840 > Criticism and interpretation.
Wollstonecraft, Mary, > 1759-1797 > Criticism and interpretation.
Robinson, Mary, > 1758-1800 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hays, Mary, > 1759-1843 > Criticism and interpretation.
Burney, Fanny, > 1752-1840
Hays, Mary, > 1759-1843
Robinson, Mary, > 1758-1800
Wollstonecraft, Mary, > 1759-1797
1800-1899
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women in literature.
Écrits de femmes anglais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
English literature > Women authors
Women and literature
Women in literature
Great Britain
authorship.
auto/biography.
celebrity.
genre.
life writing.
literary afterlife.
nineteenth century.
reception.
reputation.
self-fashioning.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Front matter; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman': Frances Burney's Diary (1842-46) and the reputation of women's life writing; 'A man in love': Revealing the unseen Mary Wollstonecraft; 'Beyond the power of utterance': Reading the gaps in Mary Robinson's Memoirs (1801); 'By a happy genius, I overcame all these troubles': Mary Hays and the struggle for self-representation; Coda: Virginia Woolf's Common Reader essays and the legacy of women's life writing; Select bibliography; Index

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