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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Civale, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
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.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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