Author: William DavisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abbeys
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
A Descriptive and Historical View of Alnwick, the County Town of Northumberland, and of Alnwick Castle, Alnwick Abbey, Hulne Abbey, the Borough of Alnwick, Etc
Author: William DavisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abbeys
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Descriptive and Historical View of Alnwick
Author: William DavisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A Descriptive and Historical View of Alnwick, the County Town of Northumberland; and of Alnwick Castle, Alnwick Abbey, Hulne Abbey, the Borough of Alnwick, &c
Author: W. DavisonBritish Women and the Intellectual World in the Long Eighteenth Century
Author: Teresa BarnardPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317171373
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Highlighting the remarkable women who found ways around the constraints placed on their intellectual growth, this collection of essays shows how their persistence opened up attributes of potent female imagination, radical endeavour, literary vigour, and self-education that compares well with male intellectual achievement in the long eighteenth century. Disseminating their knowledge through literary and documentary prose with unapologetic self-confidence, women such as Anna Barbauld, Anna Seward, Elizabeth Inchbald and Joanna Baillie usurped subjects perceived as masculine to contribute to scientific, political, philosophical and theological debate and progress. This multifaceted exploration goes beyond traditional readings of women’s creativity to add fresh, at times controversial, insights into the female view of the intellectual world. Bringing together leading experts on British women’s lives, work and writings, the volume seeks to rediscover women’s appropriations of masculine disciplines and to examine their interventions into the intellectual world. Through their engagement with a unique perspective on women’s lives and achievements, the essays make important contributions to the existing body of knowledge in this important area that will inform future scholarship.
Proceedings
Author: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon TynePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A Descriptive and Historical View of Alnwick, the County Town of Northumberland
Author: W. DavidsonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528169806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Excerpt from A Descriptive and Historical View of Alnwick, the County Town of Northumberland: And of Alnwick Castle, Alnwick and Hulne Abbeys, Brislee Tower The early history of nations, cities, and places, that had their origin in remote ages, and lay claim to any degree of antiquity, is involved in great obscurity From the want of records, the low state of civilization in these distant periods, and the almost total neglect of every thing but what tended to defence, convenience, or comfort, the transactions of ancient times are so uniformly shrouded in conjecture, that every research into the remote origin of places is subject to doubtful and groundless inquiry. Indeed, the state of Britain previous to the invasion of the Romans is but imperfectly un derstood; for it is agreed by the ablest inquirers, that the first accounts of this island that deserve any credit are given by the Romans; the dis cordant opinions of historians respecting its original settlement having a tendency to oh scure rather than to' enlighten the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Women and Gothic
Author: Maria PurvesPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443857939
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
This small collection of essays explores women’s relationship with the gothic: a relationship which has, since its eighteenth-century beginnings, always been complex. These essays demonstrate some of the scope and diversity of that relationship, and much of its intensity: the ingenuity and genius employed, the anguish experienced and the risks taken, in its evolution. Genuinely representative of gothic’s flexibility and presence in everything from novels to architecture, from surrealist art to hypertext fiction, this volume brings new primary sources and topics to the reader’s attention, and will be of interest to anyone who wants to expand and challenge their understanding of how and why women engage with the gothic.
DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL VIEW OF ALNWICK, THE COUNTY TOWN OF NORTHUMBERLAND
Author: W. DAVIDSONPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033168608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The History of the Borough, Castle, and Barony of Alnwick
Author: George TatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alnwick (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
William Davison's New Specimen of Cast-metal Ornaments and Wood Types Introduced with an Account of His Activities as Pharmacist and Printer in Alnwick, 1780-1858
Author: Peter C. G. IsaacPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description