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Women of Letters: Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Women of Letters: Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Leonie Hannan
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Series | Gender in History |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:216 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781526127198
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Classifications | Dewey:941.06082 |
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Audience | General | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Illustrations, black & white|Tables
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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Publication Date |
28 June 2018 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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 -- .
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