British women writers and the writing of history, 1670-1820 / Devoney Looser
| Author(s): | Looser, Devoney, 1967- |
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| Subjects: | Historiography--Great Britain--History--18th century English prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism English prose literature--18th century--History and criticism Women historians--Great Britain Great Britain--Historiography |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000 |
| LC Classification: | D, DA |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments Introduction: British Women Writers and Historical Discourse 1 The True and Romantic History of Lucy Hutchinson's Memoirs of Life of Colonel Hutchinson 28 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Historian of Her Own Time 61 Charlotte Lennox and the Study and Use of History 89 "Deep Immers'd in the Historic Mine": Catharine Macaulay's History in Letters 119 Hester Lynch Piozzi's Infinite and Exact World History, Retrospection 152 Reading Jane Austen and Rewriting "Herstory" 178 Notes 205 Works Cited 235 Index 265 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 00008475 ISBN: 0801864488 (alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index |
| Physical Description: | xi, 272 p. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 43539990 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0801864488 |