The professionalization of women writers in eighteenth-century Britain
By: Betty A. Schellenberg.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Authorship -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Women in the professions -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Authorship -- Sex difference -- History -- 18th century.; Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography.; Women authors, English -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Professionalization of women writers in 18th-century Britain
Description: "The Professionalization of Women Writers in Eighteenth-Century Britain is the first full study of a group of women who, though they have been dismissed as mere domestic, conservative, and imitative novelists, were actively and ambitiously engaged in a wide range of innovative publications, as well as in creating the formal and informal institutions of the republic of letters."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.