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The Resource The sign of Angellica : women, writing, and fiction, 1660-1800, Janet Todd

The sign of Angellica : women, writing, and fiction, 1660-1800, Janet Todd

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Summary
Describes the entry of women into literature as a profession. Looks at over a century of women's writings, from Behn to mary Wollstonecraft
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (328 pages)
Contents
  • The Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century: Signs and Sexuality
  • The Female Wirs: Women Writers of the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century
  • 'Were I Empress of the World': The 'German Princess' and the Duchess of Newcastle
  • 'An Honour and Glory to our Sex': Aphra Behn
  • LIfe after Sex: Delarivier Manley
  • The Mid-Eighteenth Century: Sentiment and Sincerity
  • The Modest Muse: Women Writers of the Mid-Eighteenth Century
  • Re-formers: Eliza Haywood and Charlotte Lennox
  • Novelists of Sentiment: Sarah Fielding and Frances Sheridan
  • The Fantasy of Sensibility: Frances Brooke and Susannah Gunning
  • The Late Eighteenth Century: The Decades of Revolution
  • Radicals and Reactionaries: Women Writers of the Late Eighteenth Century
  • 'The Unsex'd Females': Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Hayes
  • 'The Great Enchantress': Ann Radcliffe
  • Moral Authorship and Authority: Fanny Burney
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Instance
Label
The sign of Angellica : women, writing, and fiction, 1660-1800
Title
The sign of Angellica
Title remainder
women, writing, and fiction, 1660-1800
Statement of responsibility
Janet Todd
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Describes the entry of women into literature as a profession. Looks at over a century of women's writings, from Behn to mary Wollstonecraft
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1942-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Todd, Janet
Dewey number
823.009/9287
Index
index present
LC call number
PR858.W6
LC item number
T58 1989
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • English fiction
  • English fiction
  • English fiction
  • Women and literature
  • Women and literature
  • Women in literature
  • Roman anglais
  • Roman anglais
  • Femmes et littérature
  • Femmes et littérature
  • Femmes dans la littérature
  • Écrits de femmes anglais
  • Frauenliteratur
  • Englisch
  • English fiction
  • English fiction
  • English fiction
  • Women and literature
  • Women in literature
  • Great Britain
  • Femmes dans la littérature
  • Femmes et littérature - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 17e siècle
  • Femmes et littérature - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 18e siècle
  • Roman anglais - 17e siècle - Histoire et critique
  • Roman anglais - 18e siècle - Histoire et critique
  • Écrits de femmes anglais - Histoire et critique
  • Englisch
  • Frauenliteratur
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The sign of Angellica : women, writing, and fiction, 1660-1800, Janet Todd
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-318) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century: Signs and Sexuality -- The Female Wirs: Women Writers of the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century -- 'Were I Empress of the World': The 'German Princess' and the Duchess of Newcastle -- 'An Honour and Glory to our Sex': Aphra Behn -- LIfe after Sex: Delarivier Manley -- The Mid-Eighteenth Century: Sentiment and Sincerity -- The Modest Muse: Women Writers of the Mid-Eighteenth Century -- Re-formers: Eliza Haywood and Charlotte Lennox -- Novelists of Sentiment: Sarah Fielding and Frances Sheridan -- The Fantasy of Sensibility: Frances Brooke and Susannah Gunning -- The Late Eighteenth Century: The Decades of Revolution -- Radicals and Reactionaries: Women Writers of the Late Eighteenth Century -- 'The Unsex'd Females': Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Hayes -- 'The Great Enchantress': Ann Radcliffe -- Moral Authorship and Authority: Fanny Burney
Extent
1 online resource (328 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1036940439
Label
The sign of Angellica : women, writing, and fiction, 1660-1800, Janet Todd
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-318) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century: Signs and Sexuality -- The Female Wirs: Women Writers of the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century -- 'Were I Empress of the World': The 'German Princess' and the Duchess of Newcastle -- 'An Honour and Glory to our Sex': Aphra Behn -- LIfe after Sex: Delarivier Manley -- The Mid-Eighteenth Century: Sentiment and Sincerity -- The Modest Muse: Women Writers of the Mid-Eighteenth Century -- Re-formers: Eliza Haywood and Charlotte Lennox -- Novelists of Sentiment: Sarah Fielding and Frances Sheridan -- The Fantasy of Sensibility: Frances Brooke and Susannah Gunning -- The Late Eighteenth Century: The Decades of Revolution -- Radicals and Reactionaries: Women Writers of the Late Eighteenth Century -- 'The Unsex'd Females': Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Hayes -- 'The Great Enchantress': Ann Radcliffe -- Moral Authorship and Authority: Fanny Burney
Extent
1 online resource (328 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1036940439

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