Women's Life Writing, 1700-1850: Gender, Genre and Authorship

by Daniel Cook (Editor), Amy Culley (Editor)

This collection discusses British and Irish life writings by women in the period 1700-1850. It argues for the importance of women's life writing as part of the culture and practice of eighteenth-century and Romantic auto/biography, exploring the complex relationships between constructions of femininity, life writing forms and models of authorship.

263 pages, Hardcover

First published August 7, 2012

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[Mills College Library]

820.99287 W87269 2012