Bluestockings: Women of Reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism

by Elizabeth Eger

Book Overview

Bluestockings participated in the first wide-scale creation of a national culture. Exploring the tension between individual and collective models of authorship, Eger draws on visual and printed materials and unpublished manuscripts to argue for the enduring relevance of rational argument in the history of womens' writing.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023020533X
• ISBN13: 9780230205338
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"