Women of letters : gender, writing and the life of the mind in early modern England /
Hannan, Leonie,
Women of letters : gender, writing and the life of the mind in early modern England / Leonie Hannan. - 1 online resource (x, 206 pages) : illustrations - Gender in history . - Gender in history. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-200) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Literacy, education and the life of the mind; Women's intellectual lives in an era of Enlightenment; Letters and letter-writing; Sites and communities; Sources; Material, spatial and textual: approaches to studying letters; The material; The spatial; The textual; Notes; Part I Women and learning; 1 Getting started; Literacy and self-education; Expectations of intellectual life; Access to information; Notes. 2 Becoming an 'intellectual'Intellectual identities; The 'learned lady' and the amateur intellectual; Lifecycle and the intellectual biography; Female intellect, originality and the public domain; Notes; Part II Putting pen to paper; 3 Writing and thinking; The epistolary academy; Address and formality; Writing and thinking: the importance of correspondence; The content of letters; Networks and contacts; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Spaces for writing; The home as a site of learning; Spaces for reading and writing; Time and the domestic space; Privacy and the psychology of space; Imagined spaces. NotesPart III Hearts and minds; 5 Connecting reason and emotion; Mind and body; Epistolary relationships; Letters and perfect friendship; Letter-writing as self-help; Conclusion; Notes; 6 A seedbed for change; Letters; Gender; Space; The next generation; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Primary sources; Manuscript; Bedfordshire and Luton Archive Service; Bodleian Library; British Library; Derbyshire Record Office; East Sussex Record Office, The Keep Archives; Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies; Library of the Society of Friends; Print; Secondary sources; Unpublished; Index.
Women of letters writes a new history of English women's intellectual worlds using their private letters as evidence of hidden networks of creative exchange.
9781526109750 (electronic bk.) 1526109751 (electronic bk.) 1784997692 (electronic bk.) 9781784997694 (electronic bk.) 9781784998134 (ePub ebook) 1784998133
22573/ctvn99h6j JSTOR
GBB670971 bnb
017858032 Uk
1600-1799
Women intellectuals--Correspondence.--Great Britain
Women--History--Great Britain--17th century.
Women--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Femmes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--18e siècle.
Femmes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--17e siècle.
Intellectuelles--Correspondance.--Grande-Bretagne
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Intellectual life.
Women.
Women intellectuals.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.
Grande-Bretagne--Vie intellectuelle--18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Vie intellectuelle--17e siècle.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
Personal correspondence.
DA440 / .H36 2016
941.06/082
Women of letters : gender, writing and the life of the mind in early modern England / Leonie Hannan. - 1 online resource (x, 206 pages) : illustrations - Gender in history . - Gender in history. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-200) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Literacy, education and the life of the mind; Women's intellectual lives in an era of Enlightenment; Letters and letter-writing; Sites and communities; Sources; Material, spatial and textual: approaches to studying letters; The material; The spatial; The textual; Notes; Part I Women and learning; 1 Getting started; Literacy and self-education; Expectations of intellectual life; Access to information; Notes. 2 Becoming an 'intellectual'Intellectual identities; The 'learned lady' and the amateur intellectual; Lifecycle and the intellectual biography; Female intellect, originality and the public domain; Notes; Part II Putting pen to paper; 3 Writing and thinking; The epistolary academy; Address and formality; Writing and thinking: the importance of correspondence; The content of letters; Networks and contacts; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Spaces for writing; The home as a site of learning; Spaces for reading and writing; Time and the domestic space; Privacy and the psychology of space; Imagined spaces. NotesPart III Hearts and minds; 5 Connecting reason and emotion; Mind and body; Epistolary relationships; Letters and perfect friendship; Letter-writing as self-help; Conclusion; Notes; 6 A seedbed for change; Letters; Gender; Space; The next generation; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Primary sources; Manuscript; Bedfordshire and Luton Archive Service; Bodleian Library; British Library; Derbyshire Record Office; East Sussex Record Office, The Keep Archives; Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies; Library of the Society of Friends; Print; Secondary sources; Unpublished; Index.
Women of letters writes a new history of English women's intellectual worlds using their private letters as evidence of hidden networks of creative exchange.
9781526109750 (electronic bk.) 1526109751 (electronic bk.) 1784997692 (electronic bk.) 9781784997694 (electronic bk.) 9781784998134 (ePub ebook) 1784998133
22573/ctvn99h6j JSTOR
GBB670971 bnb
017858032 Uk
1600-1799
Women intellectuals--Correspondence.--Great Britain
Women--History--Great Britain--17th century.
Women--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Femmes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--18e siècle.
Femmes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--17e siècle.
Intellectuelles--Correspondance.--Grande-Bretagne
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Intellectual life.
Women.
Women intellectuals.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.
Grande-Bretagne--Vie intellectuelle--18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Vie intellectuelle--17e siècle.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
Personal correspondence.
DA440 / .H36 2016
941.06/082