British women writers and the writing of history, 1670-1820
By: Devoney Looser.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; English prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English prose literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Women historians -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Historiography
Description: "The first book to look at British women writers and their contributions to historiography during the long eighteenth century, British Women Writers and the Writing of History, 1670-1820, asks why, rather than writing history that included their own sex, some women of this period chose to write the same kind of history as men - one that marginalized or excluded women altogether."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index.