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Women of Letters: Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Women of Letters: Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Leonie Hannan
SeriesGender in History
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:216
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9781526127198
ClassificationsDewey:941.06082
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white|Tables

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 28 June 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Women of letters writes a new history of English women's intellectual worlds using their private letters as evidence of hidden networks of creative exchange. The book argues that many women of this period engaged with a life of the mind and demonstrates the dynamic role letter-writing played in the development of ideas. Until now, it has been assumed that women's intellectual opportunities were curtailed by their confinement in the home. This book illuminates the household as a vibrant site of intellectual thought and expression. Amidst the catalogue of day-to-day news in women's letters are sections dedicated to the discussion of books, plays and ideas. Through these personal epistles, Women of letters offers a fresh interpretation of intellectual life in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, one that champions the ephemeral and the fleeting in order to rediscover women's lives and minds. -- .

Author Biography

Leonie Hannan is Research Fellow in the School of History and Anthropology at Queen's University, Belfast -- .