Gender and Language in British Literary Criticism, 16601790
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780521021456
Subjects: Literary theory; History; English literature; Social Science; Gender Studies; Theory, etc; Sociology; History and criticism; Criticism--Great Britain--History--18th centu; Criticism--Great Britain--History--18th century; Social Science / Gender Studies; Early modern, 1500-1700; 18th century; Criticism; Great Britain
First sentence: Eighteenth-century British writers metaphorically represent literary excellence as a throne or mountain, indicating a place of honor raised above the hordes of undistinguished writers.