| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Front matter; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman': Frances Burney's Diary (1842-46) and the reputation of women's life writing; 'A man in love': Revealing the unseen Mary Wollstonecraft; 'Beyond the power of utterance': Reading the gaps in Mary Robinson's Memoirs (1801); 'By a happy genius, I overcame all these troubles': Mary Hays and the struggle for self-representation; Coda: Virginia Woolf's Common Reader essays and the legacy of women's life writing; Select bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Explores how the publication of women's life writing influenced the reputation of its writers and of the genre itself during the long nineteenth century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797. |
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Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800. |
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Hays, Mary, 1759-1843 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Hays, Mary, 1759-1843. |
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English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- Women authors. |
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English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781526101167 |
| ISBN |
9781526101273 (electronic book) |
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1526101270 (electronic book) |
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9781526101280 (ePub ebook) |
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1526101289 |
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9781526101167 |
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1526101165 |
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