Bluestockings : women of reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism

Publication Data

• Title Bluestockings : women of reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism
• Author Elizabeth Eger
• Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Basingstoke
• Language English

Contents

Introduction : The nine living muses of Great Britain
Living muses : the female icon
The bluestocking salon : patronage, correspondence and conversation
'Female champions' : women critics of Shakespeare
The bluestocking legacy in the Romantic era.

Topics

• English literature :: Women authors :: History and criticism
• English literature :: 18th century :: History and criticism
• Women and literature :: Great Britain :: History :: 18th century
• Feminism and literature :: Great Britain :: History :: 18th century
• Women :: Great Britain :: Intellectual life :: 18th century
• Women intellectuals :: Great Britain
• Literary patrons :: Great Britain

Bluestockings : women of reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism by Elizabeth Eger. ISBN 9780230205338. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.