Vocational philanthropy and British women's writing, 1790-1810 : Wollstonecraft, More, Edgeworth, Wordsworth /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Comitini, Patricia
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]
Subjects:	Wollstonecraft, Mary, > 1759-1797. > Vindication of the rights of woman. More, Hannah, > 1745-1833 > Criticism and interpretation. Wordsworth, Dorothy, > 1771-1855 > Diaries. Edgeworth, Maria, > 1768-1849. > Belinda. English prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism. English prose literature > 18th century > History and criticism. English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Literature and society > Great Britain. Women and literature > Great Britain. Humanitarianism in literature. Charities > Great Britain. Vrouwelijke auteurs.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

History, philanthropy and benevolent femininity
The benevolent woman : rereading Mary Wollstonecraft's A vindication of the rights of woman
Beyond the polite : philanthropy and the politics of 'popular' tales
Reforming fiction and the middling classes : Maria Edgeworth's Belinda
More than 'half a poet' : Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere journal.