Novel histories : British women writing history, 1760-1830 /
Kasmer, Lisa, 1961-
Novel histories : British women writing history, 1760-1830 / Lisa Kasmer. - Madison [N.J.] : Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 187 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The literariness of history -- "My heart will stand the test": Catharine Macaulay and sympathetic history -- Traditional genre and naive historical narrative -- Political critique in Sophia Lee's the recess and Ann Yearsley's Earl Goodwin -- The "collapse" of history and the imaginary -- Helen Maria Williams and the "regendering" of history -- Jane Porter's novel histories: "romancing" the British nation -- Mary Shelley's foreclosed history in Valperga -- "Narrativity" and feminist history -- "The worthy associates of the best efforts of the best men": Lucy Aikin's -- Epistles on women and memoirs of the court of Queen Elizabeth -- Conclusion: histories that are novel.
9781611474961 (ebook) 1611474965 (electronic) 9781283640046 (MyiLibrary) 128364004X (MyiLibrary) 1611474965 (ebook) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
395254 MIL
2021680522
1700-1899
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Women historians--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Women historians--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Historiography--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Historiography--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Écrits de femmes anglais--Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Historiennes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--18e siècle.
Historiennes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature.
English literature--Women authors.
Historiography.
Women historians.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR448.W65
820.9/358
Novel histories : British women writing history, 1760-1830 / Lisa Kasmer. - Madison [N.J.] : Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 187 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The literariness of history -- "My heart will stand the test": Catharine Macaulay and sympathetic history -- Traditional genre and naive historical narrative -- Political critique in Sophia Lee's the recess and Ann Yearsley's Earl Goodwin -- The "collapse" of history and the imaginary -- Helen Maria Williams and the "regendering" of history -- Jane Porter's novel histories: "romancing" the British nation -- Mary Shelley's foreclosed history in Valperga -- "Narrativity" and feminist history -- "The worthy associates of the best efforts of the best men": Lucy Aikin's -- Epistles on women and memoirs of the court of Queen Elizabeth -- Conclusion: histories that are novel.
9781611474961 (ebook) 1611474965 (electronic) 9781283640046 (MyiLibrary) 128364004X (MyiLibrary) 1611474965 (ebook) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
395254 MIL
2021680522
1700-1899
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Women historians--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Women historians--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Historiography--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Historiography--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Écrits de femmes anglais--Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Historiennes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--18e siècle.
Historiennes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature.
English literature--Women authors.
Historiography.
Women historians.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR448.W65
820.9/358