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Charlotte Lennox : an independent mind /

"Charlotte Lennox (c. 1729-1804) was an eighteenth-century English novelist whose most celebrated work, The Female Quixote (1752), is just one of eighteen works spanning a forty-three year career. Susan Carlile's critical biography of Lennox focuses on her role as the central figure in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carlile, Susan, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Page i; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Texts; Chronology; Introduction; The American; Chapter One: New World Thinking; Chapter Two: An English Sappho; Chapter Three: Making a Trade of Her Wit; Chapter Four: Uniting the Laudable Affections of the Mind; The Professional; Chapter Five: Debating "Genius"; Chapter Six: Prospering in a Patronizing Profession; Chapter Seven: "The Same Darling End ... by Different Means"; Chapter Eight: Recasting a Career; The Celebrity; Chapter Nine: "The Law of Custom" ... or of "Fools"?
  • Chapter Ten: "Work upon That Now!"Chapter Eleven: Friendship, Marriage, and Motherhood; Chapter Twelve: "A Pen That Conferred Immortality"; Lennox's Afterlife; Notes; Publications, Editions, and Reprints; Bibliography; Index; PLATES (found following page 262)