The Cambridge Companion to Women's Writing in the Romantic Period (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 3/12/2015
EAN 9781107602557, ISBN10: 1107602556
Paperback, 274 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
The Romantic period saw the first generations of professional women writers flourish in Great Britain. Literary history is only now giving them the attention they deserve, for the quality of their writings and for their popularity in their own time. This collection of new essays by leading scholars explores the challenges and achievements of this fascinating set of women writers, including Jane Austen, Mary Wollstonecraft, Ann Radcliffe, Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, and Mary Shelley alongside many lesser-known female authors writing and publishing during this period. Chapters consider major literary genres, including poetry, fiction, drama, travel writing, histories, essays, and political writing, as well as topics such as globalization, colonialism, feminism, economics, families, sexualities, aging, and war. The volume shows how gender intersected with other aspects of identity and with cultural concerns that then shaped the work of authors, critics, and readers.
Chronology
Introduction
1. Poetry Stephen C. Behrendt
2. Fiction Anthony Mandal
3. Drama Catherine Burroughs
4. Essays and political writing Anne Mellor
5. The gothic Angela Wright
6. Travel writing Elizabeth A. Fay
7. History writing and antiquarianism Crystal Lake
8. Writing in wartime Catherine Ingrassia
9. Enlightenment feminism and the bluestocking legacy Caroline Franklin
10. The global context Deirdre Coleman
11. Social, familial, and literary networks Julie A. Carlson
12. The economics of female authorship Jacqueline M. Labbe
13. Age and aging Devoney Looser
14. National identities and regional affiliations Fiona Price
15. Sexualities Jillian Heydt-Stevenson
Guide to further reading.