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Novel histories : British women writing history, 1760-1830
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- Creator
- Lisa Kasmer
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- x, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1611474965, 128364004X, 1611474957, 1611476259, 9781611474954, 9781283640046, 9781611474961
- OCLC
- ocn755698785, ocn845245038
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The literariness of history -- "My heart will stand the test": Catharine Macaulay and sympathetic history -- Traditional genre and naive historical narrative -- Political critique in Sophia Lee's the recess and Ann Yearsley's Earl Goodwin -- The "collapse" of history and the imaginary -- Helen Maria Williams and the "regendering" of history -- Jane Porter's novel histories: "romancing" the British nation -- Mary Shelley's foreclosed history in Valperga -- "Narrativity" and feminist history -- "The worthy associates of the best efforts of the best men": Lucy Aikin's -- Epistles on women and memoirs of the court of Queen Elizabeth -- Conclusion: histories that are novel
Subjects
- English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
- Women historians -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Women historians -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
- Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.