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The History of British Women's Writing, 1690 - 1750

Volume Four

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Ros Ballaster

    1. Faculty of English Language and Literature, Mansfield College, Oxford University, UK

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Part of the book series: History of British Women's Writing (HBWW)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Ros Ballaster
      Pages 1-16

  3. Debates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Woman’s Place

      • Karen O’Brien
      Pages 19-39

    3. Luxury

      • E. J. Clery
      Pages 40-60

    4. The Country and the City

      • Christine Gerrard
      Pages 61-78

  4. Transformations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. The Politics and Aesthetics of Dissent

      • Sharon Achinstein
      Pages 81-95

    3. The Scriblerian Project

      • Jill Campbell
      Pages 96-112

    4. Women Writers and the Rise of the Novel

      • Kate Williams
      Pages 113-124

  5. Writing Modes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Scribal and Print Publication

      • Kathryn R. King
      Pages 127-144

    3. Drama

      • Jane Spencer
      Pages 145-155

    4. The Periodical

      • Shawn Lisa Maurer
      Pages 156-172

    5. Letters and Learning

      • Melanie Bigold
      Pages 173-186

  6. Worlds of Feeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Religious Love

      • Jane Shaw
      Pages 189-200

    3. Erotic Love

      • Toni Bowers
      Pages 201-214

    4. The Love of Friendship

      • Moyra Haslett
      Pages 215-231

  7. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
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This volume charts the most significant changes for a literary history of women in a period that saw the beginnings of a discourse of 'enlightened feminism'. It reveals that women engaged in forms old and new, seeking to shape and transform the culture of letters rather than simply reflect or respond to the work of their male contemporaries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of English Language and Literature, Mansfield College, Oxford University, UK

    Ros Ballaster

About the editor

Sharon Achinstein, Reader in Renaissance English Literature, Oxford University, UK Melanie Bigold, Lecturer in English, Cardiff University, UK Toni Bowers, Associate Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, USA Jill Campbell, Professor of English, Yale University, USA E.J. Clery, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature, University of Southampton, UK Christine Gerrard, Lecturer in English, University of Oxford, UK Kathryn R. King, Lecturer in English, University of Montevallo, USA Moyra Haslett, Senior Lecturer in English, Queen's University, Belfast, UK Shawn Lisa Maurer, Associate Professor of English, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Karen O'Brien, Professor of English Literature, University of Warwick, UK Jane Shaw, Reader in Church History, Oxford University, UK Jane Spencer, Professor of English, Exeter University, UK Kate Williams, Independent Scholar

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