Novel Histories : British Women Writing History, 1760-1830
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| Title: | Novel Histories : British Women Writing History, 1760-1830 |
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| Description: | Novel Histories: British Women Writing History, 1760–1830 argues that British women's history and historical fiction in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries changed not only the shape but also the political significance of women's writing. At a time when women's participation in the republic of letters was both celebrated and reviled, these authors took cues from developments that revolutionized British history writing to push the limits of narrated history to respond to contemporary national politics. Through an examination of the conventions of historical and literary genres; historiography during the period; and the gendering of civic and literary roles, this study shows not only a social, political, and literary lineage among women's history writing and fiction but also among women's writing and the writing of history. |
| Authors: | Lisa Kasmer |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Historiography--Great Britain--History--18th century, Women historians--Great Britain--History--19th century, Historiography--Great Britain--History--19th century, English literature--18th century--History and criticism, English literature--Women authors--History and criticism, Women historians--Great Britain--History--18th century, English literature--19th century--History and criticism |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / Western, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Novel Histories: British Women Writing History, 1760–1830 argues that British women's history and historical fiction in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries changed not only the shape but also the political significance of women's writing. At a time when women's participation in the republic of letters was both celebrated and reviled, these authors took cues from developments that revolutionized British history writing to push the limits of narrated history to respond to contemporary national politics. Through an examination of the conventions of historical and literary genres; historiography during the period; and the gendering of civic and literary roles, this study shows not only a social, political, and literary lineage among women's history writing and fiction but also among women's writing and the writing of history. |
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| ISBN: | 9781611476255 9781611474954 9781611474961 9781683939351 |
