Author: Mary RobinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson Written by Herself, 2
Author: Mary RobinsonThe Works of Mary Robinson, Part I Vol 1
Author: William D BrewerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000749525
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Regularly the subject of cartoonists and satirical novelists, Mary Robinson achieved public notoriety as the mistress of the young Prince of Wales (George IV). Her association with figures such as William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and comparisons with Charlotte Smith, make her a serious figure for scholarly research.
The Works of Mary Robinson, Part I
Author: William D BrewerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000743888
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1754
Book Description
Regularly the subject of cartoonists and satirical novelists, Mary Robinson achieved public notoriety as the mistress of the young Prince of Wales (George IV). Her association with figures such as William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and comparisons with Charlotte Smith, make her a serious figure for scholarly research.
Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing in Wales
Author: Jane AaronPublisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 0708322875
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The first volume in the new series Gender Studies in Wales, this book argues that the way in which people came to perceive and to represent themselves as Welsh was profoundly affected by the gender ideologies prevalent during the Romantic and Victorian periods. "Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and Identity" introduces readers to a hundred Welsh women authors at work during the years 1780-1900, some writing in Welsh and some in English. In so doing, it rescues many of these authors from critical neglect and oblivion. In the second half of the nineteenth century in particular, Welsh women writers in both languages were numerous and enjoyed a degree of influence on Welsh culture easily commensurate with that of women writers today. By covering the nineteenth century chronologically, this book traces the coming into being of the Welsh nation as its women in particular saw it, and as they helped to create it.
Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson
Author: Mary RobinsonA History of Romantic Literature
Author: Frederick BurwickPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119044359
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
Historical Narrative Offers Introduction to Romanticism by Placing Key Figures in Overall Social Context Going beyond the general literary survey, A History of Romantic Literature examines the literatures of sensibility and intensity as well as the aesthetic dimensions of horror and terror, sublimity and ecstasy, by providing a richly integrated account of shared themes, interests, innovations, rivalries and disputes among the writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Drawing from the assemblage theory, Prof. Burwick maintains that the literature of the period is inseparable from prevailing economic conditions and ongoing political and religious turmoil, as well as developments in physics, astronomy, music and art. Thus, rather than deal with authors as if they worked in isolation from society, he identifies and describes their interactions with their communities and with one another, as well as their responses to current events. By connecting seemingly scattered and random events such as the bank crisis of 1825, he weaves the coincidental into a coherent narrative of the networking that informed the rise and progress of Romanticism. Notable features of the book include: A strong narrative structure divided into four major chronological periods: Revolution, 1789-1798; Napoleonic Wars, 1799-1815; Riots, 1815-1820; Reform, 1821-1832 Thorough coverage of major and minor figures and institutions of the Romantic movement (including Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Montague and the Bluestockings, Lord Byron, John Keats, Letitia Elizabeth Landon etc.) Emphasis on the influence of social networks among authors, such as informal dinners and teas, clubs, salons and more formal institutions With its extensive coverage and insightful analysis set within a lively historical narrative, History of Romantic Literature is highly recommended for courses on British Romanticism at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. It will also prove a highly useful reference for advanced scholars pursuing their own research.
The Bibliographer's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature--Supplement to the Bibliographer's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature
Author: Sir Francis Adams HyettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bristol (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The Bibliographer's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature: Parishes and towns: Abenhall
Author: Francis Adams HyettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bristol (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The Bibliographer's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature
Author: Francis Adams HyettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bristol (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
English feminists and their opponents in the 1790s
Author: William StaffordPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526184109
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This fascinating book examines what sixteen radical and conservative, famous and notorious British women wrote about their sex in the 1790s. It offers the most comprehensive survey of what they thought about their fellow women with regard to love, sexual desire and marriage; their domestic roles and their engagement in the ‘public’ sphere; and issues of gender and female abilities including sensibility and genius. How contemporary reviewers divided women writers into ‘unsex’d’ and ‘proper’ is investigated, as is the issue of whether they attempted to exclude women from certain kinds of writing. The book reveals the depth of female complaint but contends that women did not passively submit. Conservative and radicals alike sought to extend their sphere of activity, to reform men, challenge gender stereotypes and propose that a woman should be a self for herself and her God rather than for her husband.