Their fathers' daughters : Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, and patriarchal complicity /

Current feminist theory has developed powerful explanations for some women writers' rebellion against patriarchy. But other women writers did not rebel; rather, they supported and celebrated patriarchy. Examining the lives and selected works of two late eighteenth-century writers, Hannah More a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kowaleski-Wallace, Elizabeth, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Subjects:
More, Hannah, > 1745-1833 > Political and social views.
Edgeworth, Maria, > 1768-1849 > Political and social views.
Edgeworth, Maria, > 1768-1849.
More, Hannah, > 1745-1833 > Pensée politique et sociale.
Edgeworth, Maria, > 1767-1849 > Pensée politique et sociale.
Edgeworth, Maria, > 1768-1849
More, Hannah, > 1745-1833
1700-1899
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History.
English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Fathers and daughters in literature.
Patriarchy in literature.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Patriarcat dans la littérature.
Pères et filles dans la littérature.
Écrits de femmes anglais > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Women authors.
English fiction.
English fiction > Women authors.
Political and social views.
Women and literature.
Great Britain.
English fiction > Authors > Women > History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Their Fathers' Daughters: An Introduction; 2 Milton's Bogey Reconsidered; 3 Hannah and Her Sister: Women and Evangelicalism; An Introduction to Maria Edgeworth; 4 Home Economics: Domestic Ideology in Belinda; 5 Good Housekeeping: The Politics of Anglo-Irish Ascendancy; 6 Monstrous Daughters: The Problem of Maternal Inheritance; 7 Coda: Charlotte Bronte and Milton's Cook; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y.

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