Women, Writing, and Revolution: 1790-1827

by Gary Kelly

The French Revolution stirred a bitter debate in Britain about the nature of civil society and the political nation. This is an original and lively study of the efforts of women writers of the period to base a reformed state and national culture on virtues and domains traditionally conceded to women. Gary Kelly, a leading expert on the period, investigates this hitherto neglected achievement by combining a wide survey of women's writing in its historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198122721
• ISBN13: 9780198122722
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 9.0"