Bluestockings

Women of Reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism

• Author(s): E. Eger,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 275
• ISBN_10: 0230250505
  ISBN_13: 9780230250505
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Literary Criticism / General , Social Science / Gender Studies , Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / Modern / 18th Century , Literary Criticism / Modern / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Literary Criticism / Renaissance ,

Description:... This studyargues that female networks of conversation, correspondenceand patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the 'higher' realms of Shakespeare criticism and poetry. Eger traces the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic culture, arguing for the relevance of rational argument in the history of women's writing.