British Women and the Intellectual World in the Long Eighteenth Century

by Teresa Barnard

Book Overview

Highlighting the remarkable women who found ways around the constraints placed on their intellectual growth, this collection of essays shows how their persistence opened up attributes of potent female imagination, radical endeavour, literary vigour, and self-education that compares well with male intellectual achievement in the long eighteenth century. Disseminating their knowledge through literary and documentary prose with unapologetic self-confidence,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367880199
• ISBN13: 9780367880194
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"