Romantic women's life writing : reputation and afterlife /
Civale, Susan,
Romantic women's life writing : reputation and afterlife / Susan Civale. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (1 volume)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Front matter; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman': Frances Burney's Diary (1842-46) and the reputation of women's life writing; 'A man in love': Revealing the unseen Mary Wollstonecraft; 'Beyond the power of utterance': Reading the gaps in Mary Robinson's Memoirs (1801); 'By a happy genius, I overcame all these troubles': Mary Hays and the struggle for self-representation; Coda: Virginia Woolf's Common Reader essays and the legacy of women's life writing; Select bibliography; Index
Explores how the publication of women's life writing influenced the reputation of its writers and of the genre itself during the long nineteenth century.
9781526101273
GBB938297 bnb
019269771 Uk
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Women and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Women in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR115 / .R663 2019
Romantic women's life writing : reputation and afterlife / Susan Civale. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (1 volume)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Front matter; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman': Frances Burney's Diary (1842-46) and the reputation of women's life writing; 'A man in love': Revealing the unseen Mary Wollstonecraft; 'Beyond the power of utterance': Reading the gaps in Mary Robinson's Memoirs (1801); 'By a happy genius, I overcame all these troubles': Mary Hays and the struggle for self-representation; Coda: Virginia Woolf's Common Reader essays and the legacy of women's life writing; Select bibliography; Index
Explores how the publication of women's life writing influenced the reputation of its writers and of the genre itself during the long nineteenth century.
9781526101273
GBB938297 bnb
019269771 Uk
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Women and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Women in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR115 / .R663 2019