Author: Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (knyaginya.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Memoirs, ed. by mrs. W. Bradford
Author: Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (knyaginya.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Diary & Letters (1778-1840) as Edited by Her Niece Charlotte Barrett: July 1788-July 1791
Author: Fanny BurneyAmerican Book Prices Current
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
The Princess & the Patriot
Author: Sue Ann PrincePublisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871699619
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
In 1782, Princess Ekaterina Dashkova was appointed dir. of Russia's Imperial Acad. of Arts & Sci. by Catherine the Great. It was just two years after she had met with another personality of the Enlightenment -- Benjamin Franklin, founding pres. of Amer. first scientific acad., the Amer. Philosophical Soc. (APS). The essays in this vol., pub. as a companion to an exhib. of the same title & on the occasion of the Franklin Tercentenary of 2006, highlight Dashkova as an accomplished Enlightenment woman. They explore how she, like Franklin, took up the challenge of living according to the newest ideals of her age. Nominated by Franklin in 1789 to become the first female member of the APS, she in turn made him the first Amer. member of the Russian Acad.
The Thayer Library
Author: Boston Public Library. Thayer CollectionPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Life of William Robertson
Author: Jeffrey R. SmittenPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748646116
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The first modern biography of William Robertson, a key figure of the Scottish EnlightenmentA prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his contemporaries, such as Voltaire, Hume and Gibbon, because he used the critical tools of the Enlightenment to strengthen religion, not to attack it. As an historian, he helped shape 18th-century historiography. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, he sought to make the church fit for a polite age. And, as principal of the University of Edinburgh, he presided over a flourishing of intellectual inquiry in the midst of the Enlightenment. But despite his European fame, he was a controversial figure. Drawing extensively on his unpublished correspondence, Jeffrey Smitten captures both the man and his work in his own words. By foregrounding Robertsons religious outlook, Smitten gives us a more contextualised and nuanced interpretation of Robertson's motives, intentions and beliefs than we have had before.Key Features:Includes new biographical information drawn from archival sources and from all Robertson's largely unpublished correspondenceDiscusses Robertson's works, published and unpublishedAssesses Robertson's achievement based on fresh consideration of all facets of his career as minister, historian and principal
Bluestockings Displayed
Author: Elizabeth EgerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316154254
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
The conversation parties of the bluestockings, held to debate contemporary ideas in eighteenth-century Britain, were vital in encouraging female artistic achievement. The bluestockings promoted links between learning and virtue in the public imagination, inventing a new kind of informal sociability that combined the life of the senses with that of the mind. This collection of essays, by leading scholars in the fields of literature, history and art history, provides an interdisciplinary treatment of bluestocking culture in eighteenth-century Britain. It is the first academic volume to concentrate on the rich visual and material culture that surrounded and supported the bluestocking project, from formal portraits and sculptures to commercially reproduced prints. By the early twentieth century, the term 'bluestocking' came to signify a dull and dowdy intellectual woman, but the original bluestockings inhabited a world in which brilliance was valued at every level and women were encouraged to shine and even dazzle.
Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: A catalogue of the books belonging to the Library company of Philadelphia
Author: Library company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1150
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