Title The professionalization of women writers in eighteenth-century Britain / Betty A. Schellenberg

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 250 pages) Contents Frances Sheridan, John Home, and public virtue -- The politicized pastoral of Frances Brooke -- Sarah Scott, historian, in the republic of letters -- The (female) literary careers of Sarah Fielding and Charlotte Lennox -- Harmless mediocrity: Edward Kimber and the Minifie sisters -- From popensity to profession in the early career of Frances Burney -- Women writers and "the Great Forgetting Summary "The Professionalization of Women Writers in Eighteenth-Century Britain is the first full study of a group of women who, though they have been dismissed as mere domestic, conservative, and imitative novelists, were actively and ambitiously engaged in a wide range of innovative publications, as well as in creating the formal and informal institutions of the republic of letters."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-244) and index Notes Print version record Subject English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Authorship -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Women in the professions -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism Authorship -- Sex differences -- History -- 18th century Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography Women authors, English -- Biography LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Authors, English Authorship -- Economic aspects Authorship -- Sex differences English literature English literature -- Women authors Women and literature Women authors, English Women in the professions Professionalisierung Schriftstellerin Vrouwelijke auteurs. Great Britain Großbritannien Genre/Form Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781107321939 110732193X 9780511839078 0511839073 9780511597633 0511597630

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