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Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800
Hardback
Main Details
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Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Vivien Jones
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:346 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 157 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521583473
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| Classifications | Dewey:820.9005 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
2 Printed music items; 4 Tables, unspecified; 6 Halftones, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
9 March 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800 is unique in providing an authoritative, up-to-date overview of eighteenth-century women's writing and its contexts. The contributors are well-known feminist literary critics, cultural historians and historians of publishing. They discuss the construction of women, and women's writing across a wide range of genres, including essays on ideas of femininity, women and race, changing family structures, women and the law, and women as publishers and as readers. This book will be an invaluable resource both for students and experts in the field.
Reviews'An excellent companion ... first rate articles, up to date in terms of thought, scholarhsip and biography.' Choice
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