Female Education and Nonconformist Culture 1700-1900

by Marjorie Reeves

Published in hardback as Pursuing the Muses (1998), this volume is about local history as communication in literary form. The writers speak to each other across the counties (Wiltshire, Somerset, Hampshire and Dorset). They are linked in a non-conformist family network and their media are vivid letters, diaries and poetry. Their commonplace books and school books tell us what they read and how they were educated.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000