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. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9781526127198
• ISBN-10: 1526127199
• Artikelnr.: 51297637

Autorenporträt

Leonie Hannan is Research Fellow in the School of History and Anthropology 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