Title British women's life writing, 1760-1840 : friendship, community, and collaboration / Amy Culley, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Lincoln, UK

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents PART I: 'THEIR LIVES SPOKE MORE THAN VOLUMES' THE LIFE WRITING OF EARLY METHODIST WOMEN -- 1. The Life Writing of Early Methodist Women -- 2. 'All the Family in Heaven and Earth are Married': Mary Fletcher and the Family of Methodism -- 3.'With Magdalene at the Masters Feet': Testimony and Transcription in the Life of Sarah Ryan -- 4.'The Staff of My Old Age': Memorialising Sarah Lawrence -- 5.'They Live Yea They Live Forever': Mary Tooth's Methodist History -- PART II: 'SIGNED WITH HER OWN HAND' THE LIFE WRITING OF LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AND REGENCY COURTESANS -- 6. The Life Writing of Late Eighteenth-Century and Regency Courtesans -- 7. Female Friendship in the Auto/biography of Sophia Baddeley and Elizabeth Steele -- 8. The Literary Family and the 'Aristocracy of Genius' in the "Memoirs" of Mary Robinson -- 9.'Such is the Sad Trials Left for the Surviver': the Journal of Elizabeth Fox -- 10. A Life in Opposition: the "Memoirs" of Harriette Wilson -- PART III: 'HEARD IN THE SIGHS OF GENERAL MOURNING' THE LIFE WRITING OF BRITISH WOMEN AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION -- 11. The Life Writing of British Women and the French Revolution -- 12. 'The Good Will Remain Written in Brass': Helen Maria Williams' Collective Memories -- 13. 'The Little Hero of Each Tale': Mary Wollstonecraft's Travelogue and Revolutionary Auto/biography -- 14. A Vindication of Self and Other: the "Journal" of Grace Dalrymple Elliott -- 15. To 'Rally Round the Throne': Saving the Nation in Charlotte West's "Residence." Summary "British Women's Life Writing, 1760-1840 brings together for the first time a wide range of print and manuscript sources in order to explore the innovative ways in which women wrote the stories of their lives and the lives of others. It argues for the importance of personal relationships, communal affiliations, and creative collaborations in these texts, in order to challenge the traditional conception of autobiography as an individualistic practice and offer new insights into female relationships and networks in this period. By focusing on the spiritual writing of Methodist preachers, the memoirs and journals of courtesans, and British travellers' accounts of the French Revolution, this book provides a critical assessment of the complex and often indeterminate genre of life writing and its place within women's literary history. This is combined with detailed case studies which illuminate the self-representational strategies, personal and communal relationships, and collaborations of canonical writers, such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Robinson, and Helen Maria Williams, while also introducing new figures into the history of women's self-narration"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject English prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism English prose literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism English prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Autobiography -- Women authors. Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Authorship -- History -- 18th century Authorship -- History -- 19th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Women Authors. Authorship Autobiography -- Women authors English prose literature English prose literature -- Women authors Women and literature Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137274229 1137274220

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