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Women of Letters - Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,451
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Women of Letters - Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England (Hardcover): Leonie Hannan

Women of Letters - Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England (Hardcover)

Leonie Hannan

Series: Gender in History

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Women of letters writes a new history of English women's intellectual worlds using their private letters as evidence of hidden networks of creative exchange. The book argues that many women of this period engaged with a life of the mind and demonstrates the dynamic role letter-writing played in the development of ideas. Until now, it has been assumed that women's intellectual opportunities were curtailed by their confinement in the home. This book illuminates the household as a vibrant site of intellectual thought and expression. Amidst the catalogue of day-to-day news in women's letters are sections dedicated to the discussion of books, plays and ideas. Through these personal epistles, Women of letters offers a fresh interpretation of intellectual life in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, one that champions the ephemeral and the fleeting in order to rediscover women's lives and minds. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5, Gender equality. -- .

General

Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Gender in History
Release date: May 2016
First published: 2016
Authors: Leonie Hannan
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-9942-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN: 0-7190-9942-0
Barcode: 9780719099427

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