British women writers and the writing of history, 1670-1820 /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"The first book to look at British women writers and their contributions to historiography during the long eighteenth century, British Women Writers and the Writing of History, 1670-1820, asks why, rather than writing history that included their own sex, some women of this period chose to write...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Looser, Devoney, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Temas:
1700-1799
Historiography > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English prose literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Women historians > Great Britain.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Historiographie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Écrits de femmes anglais > Histoire et critique.
Prose anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Historiennes > Grande-Bretagne.
HISTORY.
English literature > Women authors.
English prose literature.
English prose literature > Women authors.
Historiography.
Women historians.
Great Britain > Historiography.
Grande-Bretagne > Historiographie.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : British women writers and historical discourse
  • The true and romantic history of Lucy Hutchinson's Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson
  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : historian of her own time
  • Charlotte Lennox and the study and use of history
  • "Deep immers'd in the historic mine" : Catharine Macaulay's History in letters
  • Hester Lynch Piozzi's infinite and exact world history, Retrospection
  • Reading Jane Austen and rewriting "Herstory."

Ejemplares similares