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Bluestockings : Women of Reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism /

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This studyargues that female networks of conversation, correspondenceand patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the 'higher' realms of Shakespeare criticism and poetry. Eger traces the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic culture, arguing for the relevance of rat...

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Main Author: Eger, Elizabeth (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
Subjects:
Linguistics.
British and Irish Literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.
Gender Studies.
Historical Linguistics.
Literature, general.
British literature.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Historical linguistics.
Literature, Modern > 18th century.
Literature, Modern.
Literature.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This studyargues that female networks of conversation, correspondenceand patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the 'higher' realms of Shakespeare criticism and poetry. Eger traces the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic culture, arguing for the relevance of rational argument in the history of women's writing.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XV, 275 pages)
ISBN:9780230250505
DOI:10.1057/9780230250505