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Vocational philanthropy and British women's writing, 1790-1810 : Wollstonecraft, More, Edgeworth, Wordsworth / Patricia Comitini.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Comitini, Patricia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Vindication of the rights of women.
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.
- More, Hannah, 1745-1833--Criticism and interpretation.
- More, Hannah.
- Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855--Diaries.
- Wordsworth, Dorothy.
- Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849. Belinda.
- Edgeworth, Maria.
- Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855.
- More, Hannah, 1745-1833.
- English prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- English prose literature.
- English prose literature--Women authors.
- English prose literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- English prose literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Literature and society--Great Britain.
- Literature and society.
- Women and literature--Great Britain.
- Women and literature.
- Humanitarianism in literature.
- Charities--Great Britain.
- Charities.
- Diaries.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 168 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]
- Contents:
- History, philanthropy and benevolent femininity
- The benevolent woman : rereading Mary Wollstonecraft's A vindication of the rights of woman
- Beyond the polite : philanthropy and the politics of 'popular' tales
- Reforming fiction and the middling classes : Maria Edgeworth's Belinda
- More than 'half a poet' : Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere journal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-164) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754650421
- OCLC:
- 56050999
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