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A Feminine Enlightenment: British Women Writers and the Philosophy of Progress, 1759-1820
Joellen Delucia
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Description for A Feminine Enlightenment: British Women Writers and the Philosophy of Progress, 1759-1820
Paperback. Beginning with Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), this study positions feminine genres such as the Gothic romance and Bluestocking poetry, usually seen as outliers in a masculine Age of Reason, as essential to understanding emotion's role in Enlightenment narratives of progress. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Drawing on original archival research, A Feminine Enlightenment argues that women writers shaped Enlightenment conversations regarding the role of sentiment and gender in the civilizing process. By reading women's literature alongside history and philosophy and moving between the 18th century and Romantic era, JoEllen DeLucia challenges conventional historical and generic boundaries. Beginning with Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), she tracks discussions of women's progress from the rarified atmosphere of mid- 18th-century Bluestocking salons and the masculine domain of the Scottish university system to the popular Minerva Press novels of the early 19th century. Ultimately, this study positions feminine ... Read more
Drawing on original archival research, A Feminine Enlightenment argues that women writers shaped Enlightenment conversations regarding the role of sentiment and gender in the civilizing process. By reading women's literature alongside history and philosophy and moving between the 18th century and Romantic era, JoEllen DeLucia challenges conventional historical and generic boundaries. Beginning with Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), she tracks discussions of women's progress from the rarified atmosphere of mid- 18th-century Bluestocking salons and the masculine domain of the Scottish university system to the popular Minerva Press novels of the early 19th century. Ultimately, this study positions feminine ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474423151
SKU
V9781474423151
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About Joellen Delucia
JoEllen DeLucia is Assistant Professor of English at Central Michigan University.
Reviews for A Feminine Enlightenment: British Women Writers and the Philosophy of Progress, 1759-1820
[A]n important contribution to scholarship on the relationship of women writers to the Scottish Enlightenment.
E. J. Clery, University of Southampton, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature (35.1) ...an enlightening and perceptive book.
Nicole Pohl, Oxford Brookes University for Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830 ... Read more
E. J. Clery, University of Southampton, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature (35.1) ...an enlightening and perceptive book.
Nicole Pohl, Oxford Brookes University for Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830 ... Read more