TY - BOOK AU - Civale,Susan TI - Romantic women's life writing: reputation and afterlife SN - 9781526101273 AV - PR115 .R663 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - English literature KW - Women authors KW - History and criticism KW - 19th century KW - Women and literature KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Women in literature KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2072163&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -