His and hers : essays in Restoration and eighteenth-century literature

His and hers : essays in Restoration and eighteenth-century literature /

Exploring territory seldom visited by feminist scholars, Ann Messenger in this new book presents eight studies of literary relationships between men and women writers, ranging from the Restoration to the end of the eighteenth century. The essays show men and women working together, praising and crit...

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Main Author: Messenger, Ann, 1933-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1986
Subjects:
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Male authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History.
Feminism and literature > Great Britain > History.
Authorship > Sex differences.
Men in literature.
Women in literature.
Feminist literary criticism.
Great Britain > History > Restoration, 1660-1688.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • A problem of praise: John Dryden and Anne Killigrew
  • Novel into play: Aphra Behn and Thomas Southerne
  • Selected nightingales: Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, et. al.
  • Town eclogues: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and John Gay
  • Educational spectators: Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, and Eliza Haywood
  • Arabella Fermor, 1714 and 1769: Alexander Pope and Frances Moore Brooke
  • Heroics and mock heroics: John Milton, Alexander Pope, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld
  • Choice of life: Samuel Johnson and Ellis Cornelia Knight.

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