Women, Authorship and Literary Culture 1690 - 1740

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    Abstract / Description of output

    Sarah Prescott discusses the careers of a number of key women writers of the period from 1690 to 1740, exploring the role played by geographical location, literary circles, patronage, the literary marketplace, and subscription publication in shaping patterns of female authorship. The volume also provides a wealth of detail about the circumstances which affected the careers of individual women as well as investigating the marketing, reception, and self-representation of women writers in general.
    Original languageEnglish
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
    Number of pages237
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Electronic)9780230597082
    ISBN (Print)9781403903235
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Sept 2003

    Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

    • biliography
    • culture
    • gender
    • history
    • history of literature
    • individual
    • living
    • marketing
    • play
    • poetics
    • women
    • British and Irish literature

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