Women Critics 1660-1820: An AnthologyFolger Collective on Early Women Critics (Scholarly group) Indiana University Press, 1995 - 410 pages "... the anthology is engaging and informative and should stimulate further research into this fascinating yet neglected area." --English "... most interest are newly recovered materials... with several works appearing in English translation for the first time. The excellent introductions and reference notes along with the samplings of writings will pique the interest of students of both literature and history. A good readings text for college students and anyone interested in the development of literature and culture." --Library Journal This anthology demonstrates women's participation in the construction of criticism as a literary genre. The selected writings, by forty-one of the women who produced criticism between 1660 and 1820, include writers from England, France, Germany, and the United States. |
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... Inchbald in 1772 , she spent several years on provincial stages , becoming intimate with Sarah Siddons and John ... Inchbald's dramatic output was enormous : she wrote original comedies , adapted French and German plays , and edited ...
... Inchbald's Simple Story ( 1791 ) , which sympathetically portrays a more unconventional heroine than Edgeworth ever ventured to draw . Maria Edgeworth : Chosen Letters , ed . F. V. Barry ( London : Jonathan Cape , 1931 ) ; James Boaden ...
... Inchbald's novel relates the tragic marriage between upright , rigid Dorriforth and charming , light - minded Miss Milner . When she commits adultery , Dorriforth re- jects both her and their daughter , although he cannot repress his ...
Contents
Madeleine de Scudéry 16071701 I | 1 |
Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle 16231673 | 9 |
Jane Barker 16521727? | 29 |
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