Women, writing, and revolution, 1790-1827 / Gary Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Gary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hays, Mary, 1759-1843.

Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827.

Revolutionary literature, English--History and criticism.

Revolutionary literature, English.

Women and literature.

History.

Political and social views.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Foreign public opinion, British.

France.

Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827--Political and social views.

Williams, Helen Maria.

Hamilton, Elizabeth, 1756?-1816--Political and social views.

Hamilton, Elizabeth.

Hamilton, Elizabeth, 1756?-1816.

Hays, Mary, 1759-1843--Political and social views.

Hays, Mary.

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Women authors.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Influence.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History.

English literature--French influences.

France--In literature.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vii, 328 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Summary:

The French Revolution stirred a bitter debate in Britain about the nature of civil society and the political nation. This is an original and lively study of the efforts of women writers of the period to base a reformed state and national culture on virtues and domains traditionally conceded to women. Gary Kelly, a leading expert on the period, investigates this hitherto neglected achievement by combining a wide survey of women's writing in its historical context with detailed analyses of three critically neglected leading women writers--Helen Maria Williams, Mary Hays, and Elizabeth Hamilton. This is a wide-ranging and lucid contribution to current debates concerning the intersections between women's writing, revolution, and Romanticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-318) and index.

ISBN:

0198122721

OCLC:

27265550