Before Victoria : extraordinary women of the British Romantic era /

Combining literary and cultural history, this richly illustrated volume brings back to life a remarkable, though frequently overlooked, group of women who transformed British culture during the Romantic era and inspired new ways of understanding feminine roles and female sexuality. Often working fro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Denlinger, Elizabeth Campbell (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: New York Public Library
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York Public Library : Columbia University Press, [2005]
Temas:
1700-1899
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Queens.
Social conditions
Great Britain > History > 1789-1820 > Biography.
Great Britain > History > 1800-1837 > Biography.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Great Britain > Biography.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1789-1820 > Biographies.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1800-1837 > Biographies.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mary Robinson, eighteeth-century romantic
  • Exemplary women : Mary Wollstonecraft, Hannah More, and their worlds
  • Not quite good enough : three imperfect lives
  • The modern Venus, or improper ladies, and others
  • Strong passions of the mind : women in literature and the visual arts
  • Rational dames and ladies on horseback : scientists and travelers
  • The youngest romantics
  • The Pforzheimer Collection and its female inhabitants : an afterword.

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