Bluestockings: Women of Reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism

by Elizabeth Eger

Book Overview

Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: The Nine Living Muses of Great Britain (1779) 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 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349301949
• ISBN13: 9781349301942
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"