His and hers : essays in Restoration and eighteenth-century literature /

Messenger, Ann, 1933-

His and hers : essays in Restoration and eighteenth-century literature / His & hers Ann Messenger. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, (c)1986. - 1 online resource (ix, 271 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

A problem of praise: John Dryden and Anne Killigrew -- Novel into play: Aphra Behn and Thomas Southerne -- Selected nightingales: Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, et. al. -- Town eclogues: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and John Gay -- Educational spectators: Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, and Eliza Haywood -- Arabella Fermor, 1714 and 1769: Alexander Pope and Frances Moore Brooke -- Heroics and mock heroics: John Milton, Alexander Pope, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld -- Choice of life: Samuel Johnson and Ellis Cornelia Knight.

Exploring territory seldom visited by feminist scholars, Ann Messenger in this new book presents eight studies of literary relationships between men and women writers, ranging from the Restoration to the end of the eighteenth century. The essays show men and women working together, praising and criticizing each other's work, borrowing --




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English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--Male authors--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History.--Great Britain
Feminism and literature--History.--Great Britain
Authorship--Sex differences.
Men in literature.
Women in literature.


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PR448 / .H573 1986