Before Victoria : : Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era /

Before Victoria : : Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era / / Elizabeth Denlinger.

It might not have the been the revolution that Mary Wollstonecraft called for in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), but the Romantic era did witness a dramatic change in women's lives. Combining literary and cultural history, this richly illustrated volume brings back to life a remark...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Denlinger, Elizabeth,
MitwirkendeR:
Gordon, Lyndall,
Wagner, Stephen,
TeilnehmendeR:
Gordon, Lyndall.
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.) :; 50 color; 50 b&w
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • 1. MARY ROBINSON, EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ROMANTIC
  • 2. EXEMPLARY WOMEN: MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT, HANNAH MORE, AND THEIR WORLDS
  • 3. NOT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH: THREE IMPERFECT LIVES
  • 4. THE MODERN VENUS, OR, IMPROPER LADIES AND OTHERS
  • 5. STRONGER PASSIONS OF THE MIND: WOMEN IN LITERATURE AND THE VISUAL ARTS
  • 6. RATIONAL DAMES AND LADIES ON HORSEBACK: SCIENTISTS AND TRAVELERS
  • 7. THE YOUNGEST ROMANTICS
  • THE PFORZHEIMER COLLECTION AND ITS FEMALE INHABITANTS: AN AFTERWORD
  • NOTES
  • SUGGESTED READING
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INDEX

Similar Items