Leonie Hannan

Women of letters

Gender, writing and the life of the mind in early modern England

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Produktbeschreibung

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. The book argues that many women of this period engaged with a life of the mind and demonstrates the dynamic role letter-writing played in the development of ideas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780719099427
• ISBN-10: 0719099420
• Artikelnr.: 44827565

Autorenporträt

Leonie Hannan is a Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century History at Queen's University, Belfast

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations
Introduction Part I: Women and learning 1. Getting started 2. Becoming an
intellectual Part II: Putting pen to paper 3. Writing and thinking 4.
Spaces for writing Part III: Hearts and minds 5. Connecting reason and
emotion 6. A seedbed for change Appendix Bibliography Index