Women writers and the Edinburgh enlightenment /
Perkins, Pamela Ann.
Women writers and the Edinburgh enlightenment / Pam Perkins. - Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010. - 1 online resource (319 pages) - Scottish cultural review of language and literature, v. 15 1571-0734 ; . - Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 15. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
Excellent women, and not too blue : women writers in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Edinburgh -- Enlightening the female mind : education, sociability, and the literary woman in the work of Elizabeth Hamilton -- Incongruous things : primitivism and professionalism in the work of Anne Grant -- Scarcely known to fame : the literary identities of Christian Isobel Johnstone -- Modesty, money, and nostalgia : narratives of women's writing in Edinburgh's "age of greatness."
This volume provides an overview of women writers in the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Edinburgh literary world. Its main focus is on the careers of three women Elizabeth Hamilton, Anne Grant, and Christian Isobel Johnstone who were b.
9789042031388 (electronic bk.) 9042031387 (electronic bk.) (print) (print)
015703672 Uk
Hamilton, Elizabeth, 1756?-1816 --Criticism and interpretation.
Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838 --Criticism and interpretation.
Johnstone, C. I. 1781-1857 --Criticism and interpretation.
Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838.
Hamilton, Elizabeth, 1756?-1816.
Johnstone, C. I. 1781-1857.
Scottish fiction--Women authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR4739.H164 / Z814 2010eb
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Women writers and the Edinburgh enlightenment / Pam Perkins. - Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010. - 1 online resource (319 pages) - Scottish cultural review of language and literature, v. 15 1571-0734 ; . - Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 15. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
Excellent women, and not too blue : women writers in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Edinburgh -- Enlightening the female mind : education, sociability, and the literary woman in the work of Elizabeth Hamilton -- Incongruous things : primitivism and professionalism in the work of Anne Grant -- Scarcely known to fame : the literary identities of Christian Isobel Johnstone -- Modesty, money, and nostalgia : narratives of women's writing in Edinburgh's "age of greatness."
This volume provides an overview of women writers in the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Edinburgh literary world. Its main focus is on the careers of three women Elizabeth Hamilton, Anne Grant, and Christian Isobel Johnstone who were b.
9789042031388 (electronic bk.) 9042031387 (electronic bk.) (print) (print)
015703672 Uk
Hamilton, Elizabeth, 1756?-1816 --Criticism and interpretation.
Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838 --Criticism and interpretation.
Johnstone, C. I. 1781-1857 --Criticism and interpretation.
Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838.
Hamilton, Elizabeth, 1756?-1816.
Johnstone, C. I. 1781-1857.
Scottish fiction--Women authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR4739.H164 / Z814 2010eb
823/.6