Title Their fathers' daughters : Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, and patriarchal complicity / Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1991

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Description xi, 235 pages ; 22 cm Contents Milton's Bogey Reconsidered -- Hannah and Her Sister: Women and Evangelicalism -- An Introduction to Maria Edgeworth -- Home Economics: Domestic Ideology in Belinda -- Good Housekeeping: The Politics of Anglo-Irish Ascendancy -- Monstrous Daughters: The Problem of Maternal Inheritance -- Coda: Charlotte Bronte and Milton's Cook Summary This study addresses what it means for a woman writer to identify strongly with her father by examining two late 18th century writers, Hannah More and Maria Edgeworth Analysis English fiction Authors Women History English fiction Authors Women History Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-229) and index Subject Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849 -- Political and social views. Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849. More, Hannah, 1745-1833 -- Political and social views. More, Hannah English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism. English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism. English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Fathers and daughters in literature. Patriarchy in literature. Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History. Author ebrary, Inc. LC no. 90045534 ISBN 019506853X (acid-free paper)

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