Description |
1 online resource (319 pages) |
Series |
Scottish cultural review of language and literature, 1571-0734 ; v. 15 |
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Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 15.
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Contents |
Excellent women, and not too blue : women writers in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Edinburgh -- Enlightening the female mind : education, sociability, and the literary woman in the work of Elizabeth Hamilton -- Incongruous things : primitivism and professionalism in the work of Anne Grant -- Scarcely known to fame : the literary identities of Christian Isobel Johnstone -- Modesty, money, and nostalgia : narratives of women's writing in Edinburgh's "age of greatness." |
Summary |
This volume provides an overview of women writers in the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Edinburgh literary world. Its main focus is on the careers of three women Elizabeth Hamilton, Anne Grant, and Christian Isobel Johnstone who were b |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Hamilton, Elizabeth, 1756?-1816 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Johnstone, C. I. (Christian Isobel), 1781-1857 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838 |
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Hamilton, Elizabeth, 1756?-1816 |
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Johnstone, C. I. (Christian Isobel), 1781-1857 |
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Scottish fiction -- Women authors
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789042031388 |
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9042031387 |
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