Dr Johnson's women / Norma Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Norma, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Friends and associates.

Johnson, Samuel.

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Relations with women.

Authors, English--18th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Women and literature.

Women authors, English--Biography.

Women authors, English.

Women--Great Britain--Biography.

Women.

London (England)--Intellectual life--18th century.

London (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Hambledon and London, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"I dined yesterday at Mrs Garrick's with Mrs Carter, Miss Hannah More and Miss Fanny Burney. Three such women are not to found; I know not where I could find a fourth, except Mrs Lennox, who is superiour to them all." --Samuel Johnson Dr. Johnson enjoyed the company of clever women. Dr. Johnson's Women explores his relationship with six remarkable and successful female authors, all of whom he knew well: Elizabeth Carter, Hannah More, Charlotte Lennox, Hester Thrale, Fanny Burney and Elizabeth Montagu. It is also an account of the characters and achievements of these women. It is often assumed that women writers in the eighteenth century suffered the same restrictions and obstacles that confronted their Victorian successors. Norma Clarke shows that this was by no means the case. Highlighting the opportunities available to women with talent in the eighteenth century, Dr. Johnson's Women makes clear just how impressive and varied their achievements were

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 At Mrs Garrick's; 2 Elizabeth Carter; 3 Charlotte Lennox; 4 Hester Thrale and Elizabeth Montagu; 5 Hannah More; 6 Fanny Burney; 7 Women and Writing; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-251) and index.

ISBN:

9786612024696

9781472599988

1472599985

9781282024694

1282024698

9780826425942

0826425941

OCLC:

319641923