Women, Authorship and Literary Culture, 1690-1740

by Sarah Prescott

Sarah Prescott discusses the careers of a number of key women writers of the period from 1690 to 1740, exploring the role played by geographical location, literary circles, patronage, the literary marketplace, and subscription publication in shaping patterns of female authorship. The volume also provides a wealth of detail about the circumstances which affected the careers of individual women as well as investigating the marketing, reception, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403903239
• ISBN13: 9781403903235
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 9.2"