Women, Writing, and Revolution: 1790-1827 (UK HB 1st)

Kelly, Gary

ISBN 10: 0198122721 / ISBN 13: 9780198122722

Published by Oxford University Press - Clarendon Press - OUP, 1995

About this Item

UK hardback first impression. VG overall with some pencil underlining to early pages. \The jacket is VG with some spine fade and light wear.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1725388730560

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Women, Writing, and Revolution: 1790-1827 (UK HB 1st)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press - Clarendon Press - OUP
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198122721
• ISBN 13: 9780198122722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Gary Kelly is Professor of English at the University of Alberta.