The History of British Women’s Writing, 1690–1750

2010/01/01 by Ros Ballaster · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Literature: history, themes, analysis

paper · pdf · doi:10.1057/9780230298354

openalex publication_date 2010/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06

Abstract

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

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