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Paperback. Condition: New. Had B.G. MacCarthy's criticism been available, Showalter's A Literature of Their Own would have been a very different kind of book.In some ways, contemporary could be ten years ahead if we had started the climb from MacCarthy's groundwork." --Maggie Humm, University of East London Back in print for the first time since the 1940's, this classic work of pre-feminist literary criticism is a challenging and authoritative assessment of women's contributions to English literature. B. G. MacCarthy, widely praised for the originality of her scholarship, challenges the dominant picture of mascaline literary history created by T. S. Eliot and F. R. Leavis. Written with crisp humor and irony, her exploration of women's writing. Focusing on a wide range of authors including Lady Mary Wroath, Eliza Hayward, Aphra Behn, Maria Edgeworth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Inchbald, Margaret Cavendish and Jane Austen- illustrates that these women attempted almost every genre of fiction, enriched many, and initiated some of the most important. Often savagely witty, The Female Pen discusses a vast array of fictional forms, including picturesque, moralistic, oriental, domestic, and gothic novels.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked, price-clipped and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; Physical desc. : 286 p. 22 cm. Subject: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism. Women Writers. Novel. History.18th Century.17th Century. Women authors, English - 17th century - History and criticism. Women authors, English - 18th century - History & criticism. Women authors, English - History & criticism. Women authors, English - 19th century - History & criticism. English fiction - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism. 3 Kg.

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Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked, price-clipped and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; Physical desc. : 286 p. 22 cm. Subject: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism. Women Writers. Novel. History.18th Century.17th Century. Women authors, English - 17th century - History and criticism. Women authors, English - 18th century - History & criticism. Women authors, English - History & criticism. Women authors, English - 19th century - History & criticism. English fiction - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism. 1 Kg.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Had B.G. MacCarthy's criticism been available, Showalter's A Literature of Their Own would have been a very different kind of book.In some ways, contemporary could be ten years ahead if we had started the climb from MacCarthy's groundwork." --Maggie Humm, University of East London Back in print for the first time since the 1940's, this classic work of pre-feminist literary criticism is a challenging and authoritative assessment of women's contributions to English literature. B. G. MacCarthy, widely praised for the originality of her scholarship, challenges the dominant picture of mascaline literary history created by T. S. Eliot and F. R. Leavis. Written with crisp humor and irony, her exploration of women's writing. Focusing on a wide range of authors including Lady Mary Wroath, Eliza Hayward, Aphra Behn, Maria Edgeworth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Inchbald, Margaret Cavendish and Jane Austen- illustrates that these women attempted almost every genre of fiction, enriched many, and initiated some of the most important. Often savagely witty, The Female Pen discusses a vast array of fictional forms, including picturesque, moralistic, oriental, domestic, and gothic novels.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 296 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; English literature; Women authors History and criticism. Women authors 18th century. English fiction History & criticism. Novelists, English 18th century. 1 Kg.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnB. G. MacCarthy (1904-1993) was Professor of English at University College, cork. Janet Todd lectures in the school of English and American Studies at the University of East Anglia and is currently editing th.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The Female Pen | Women Writers and Novelists, 1621-1818 | Bridget G MacCarthy | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 1994 | New York University Press | EAN 9780814755181 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Had B.G. MacCarthy's criticism been available, Showalter's A Literature of Their Own would have been a very different kind of book.In some ways, contemporary could be ten years ahead if we had started the climb from MacCarthy's groundwork.' -Maggie Humm, University of East London Back in print for the first time since the 1940's, this classic work of pre-feminist literary criticism is a challenging and authoritative assessment of women's contributions to English literature. B. G. MacCarthy, widely praised for the originality of her scholarship, challenges the dominant picture of mascaline literary history created by T. S. Eliot and F. R. Leavis. Written with crisp humor and irony, her exploration of women's writing. Focusing on a wide range of authors including Lady Mary Wroath, Eliza Hayward, Aphra Behn, Maria Edgeworth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Inchbald, Margaret Cavendish and Jane Austen- illustrates that these women attempted almost every genre of fiction, enriched many, and initiated some of the most important. Often savagely witty, The Female Pen discusses a vast array of fictional forms, including picturesque, moralistic, oriental, domestic, and gothic novels.

Hardback. Condition: New. Had B.G. MacCarthy's criticism been available, Showalter's A Literature of Their Own would have been a very different kind of book.In some ways, contemporary could be ten years ahead if we had started the climb from MacCarthy's groundwork." --Maggie Humm, University of East London Back in print for the first time since the 1940's, this classic work of pre-feminist literary criticism is a challenging and authoritative assessment of women's contributions to English literature. B. G. MacCarthy, widely praised for the originality of her scholarship, challenges the dominant picture of mascaline literary history created by T. S. Eliot and F. R. Leavis. Written with crisp humor and irony, her exploration of women's writing. Focusing on a wide range of authors including Lady Mary Wroath, Eliza Hayward, Aphra Behn, Maria Edgeworth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Inchbald, Margaret Cavendish and Jane Austen- illustrates that these women attempted almost every genre of fiction, enriched many, and initiated some of the most important. Often savagely witty, The Female Pen discusses a vast array of fictional forms, including picturesque, moralistic, oriental, domestic, and gothic novels.

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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 296 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; English literature; Women authors History and criticism. Women authors 18th century. English fiction History & criticism. Novelists, English 18th century. 1 Kg.

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Hardback. Condition: New. Had B.G. MacCarthy's criticism been available, Showalter's A Literature of Their Own would have been a very different kind of book.In some ways, contemporary could be ten years ahead if we had started the climb from MacCarthy's groundwork." --Maggie Humm, University of East London Back in print for the first time since the 1940's, this classic work of pre-feminist literary criticism is a challenging and authoritative assessment of women's contributions to English literature. B. G. MacCarthy, widely praised for the originality of her scholarship, challenges the dominant picture of mascaline literary history created by T. S. Eliot and F. R. Leavis. Written with crisp humor and irony, her exploration of women's writing. Focusing on a wide range of authors including Lady Mary Wroath, Eliza Hayward, Aphra Behn, Maria Edgeworth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Inchbald, Margaret Cavendish and Jane Austen- illustrates that these women attempted almost every genre of fiction, enriched many, and initiated some of the most important. Often savagely witty, The Female Pen discusses a vast array of fictional forms, including picturesque, moralistic, oriental, domestic, and gothic novels.

Condition: New.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. The Female Pen | Women Writers and Novelists, 1621-1818 | Bridget G. MacCarthy | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 1994 | NYU Press - IPS | EAN 9780814755198 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Had B.G. MacCarthy's criticism been available, Showalter's A Literature of Their Own would have been a very different kind of book.In some ways, contemporary could be ten years ahead if we had started the climb from MacCarthy's groundwork.' -Maggie Humm, University of East London Back in print for the first time since the 1940's, this classic work of pre-feminist literary criticism is a challenging and authoritative assessment of women's contributions to English literature. B. G. MacCarthy, widely praised for the originality of her scholarship, challenges the dominant picture of mascaline literary history created by T. S. Eliot and F. R. Leavis. Written with crisp humor and irony, her exploration of women's writing. Focusing on a wide range of authors including Lady Mary Wroath, Eliza Hayward, Aphra Behn, Maria Edgeworth, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Inchbald, Margaret Cavendish and Jane Austen- illustrates that these women attempted almost every genre of fiction, enriched many, and initiated some of the most important. Often savagely witty, The Female Pen discusses a vast array of fictional forms, including picturesque, moralistic, oriental, domestic, and gothic novels.

9th edition. Small Octavo. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Bridget G. MacCarthy (7 June 1904 April 1993) was an Irish academic and writer. She has been described as one of the most important female cultural and literary historians. Bridget Gerard MacCarthy was born to Jeremiah MacCarthy and Bridget Quinlan of 7 Wellington Square, Cork on 7 June 1904. She was the youngest daughter of four girls and a boy. She was educated in University College Cork and completed her BA in 1925. She followed that with an MA in 1927 and went on to do a PhD in Cambridge in 1940 on Women's contribution to the development of the English novel: 1621-1818. MacCarthy worked as a teacher in Edinburgh, in the Craiglockhart Roman Catholic Training College. She then moved on to become a lecturer in the Department of Education in Cork and finished as a Professor of English in University College Cork. She wrote two volumes of The Female Pen which were published in 1944 and 1947. These were her defining works. She did complete several plays and essays and she was published in Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review and The Dublin Magazine. In her personal life she married but she and her husband only lived together for a short time. She lived with her aunt after her mother died. MacCarthy retired in 1966 and gave her entire library away. She died in April 1993. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english.

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