Transatlantic feminisms in the age of revolutions /

This volume brings together an unprecedented gathering of women and men from the Atlantic World during the Age of Revolutions. Featuring hard-to-find writings from colonists and colonized, citizens and slaves, religious visionaries and scandal-dogged actresses, these wide-ranging selections present...

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Other Authors:	Moore, Lisa L. (Lisa Lynne) (Editor), Brooks, Joanna, 1971- (Editor), Wigginton, Caroline (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Subjects:	English literature > Women authors. Feminist literature. Women > Literary collections. American literature > Women authors. Feminism in literature. Feminism and literature > English-speaking countries. Women and literature > History > 18th century. Women and literature > History > 17th century. Feminism. Feminism and literature. Literature. Women. Women and literature. English-speaking countries. Englisch. Prosa. Feminismus. Frauenliteratur. Frau. 1600 - 1799 History. Literary collections.

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Summary:	This volume brings together an unprecedented gathering of women and men from the Atlantic World during the Age of Revolutions. Featuring hard-to-find writings from colonists and colonized, citizens and slaves, religious visionaries and scandal-dogged actresses, these wide-ranging selections present a panorama of the diverse, vibrant world facing women during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This collection recovers the revolutionary moment in which women stepped into a globalizing world and imagined themselves free.
Physical Description:	xii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-375) and index.
ISBN:	9780199743483 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 0199743487 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9780199743490 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0199743495 (pbk. : acid-free paper)