| Description |
viii, 225 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print
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Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-216) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. "Forms scientific and established": The critical preface, the canon, and the woman critic -- Part II. "Fearful ascendency": Women periodical literary reviewers. |
| Summary |
"Proposing a new model for the history and development of literary criticism in England, British Women Writers and the Profession of Literary Criticism, 1789-1832 argues that while British literary culture became increasingly commercial and middle-class, women literary critics found unprecedented opportunities for professionalism and public authority. Professional literary criticism allowed these women writers to influence issues of national concern - morality, both public and private, the nation's cultural heritage, the essential qualities of Britishness itself. |
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Romantic-era women critics demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the constructed and contested nature of aesthetics and the role of aesthetics in shaping the culture at large They show interest in the relationship between the author, the authorial persona and the reading audience." "Underscoring the collaborative nature of literary production, the book engages debates about British Romantic period professionalism, the dynamics of print culture, the nascent consciousness of a reading public, nationalism, and the literary canon while establishing the existence of conscious professionalism among Romantic-era women writers."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Criticism. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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English prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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English prose literature -- Women authors. |
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Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature. |
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Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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English literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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English literature. |
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Book reviewing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Book reviewing. |
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Book reviewing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Women critics -- Great Britain.
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Women critics. |
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Vrouwelijke auteurs. |
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Literaire kritiek (bijbelwetenschap) |
| ISBN |
1403936269 (alkaline paper) |
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9781403936264 (alkaline paper) |
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