English Women of Letters
Biographical Sketches
2 Volume Set
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- Author: Julia Kavanagh
- Date Published: September 2010
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- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108020558
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The Irish novelist Julia Kavanagh (1824–1877) published English Women of Letters in two volumes in 1862. The work, which formed a pair with French Women of Letters (1862), traces the contribution of English women writers, from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth, to the development and formation of the modern novel. These volumes contain biographical sketches of various female authors followed by evaluations of their most important works. Volume 1 begins with Aphra Behn (1640–1840) and Oroonoko and finishes with Ann Radcliff (1764–1823), and four of her gothic novels. Volume 2 analyses the work of another five writers, from Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821) and Jane Austen (1775–1817) to Lady Morgan (c.1776–1859). This important work brought to attention in the Victorian mind the importance of these writers. It has served for many generations of English literature students as a biographical companion to women writers.
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- Date Published: September 2010
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108020558
- length: 702 pages
- dimensions: 320 x 250 x 70 mm
- weight: 1.2kg
- availability: Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
Volume 1:
1. Aphra Behn
2. Oroonoko
3. Miss Fielding - David Simple
4. Madame D'Arblay
5. Evelina
6. Cecilia
7. Mrs. Charlotte Smith
8. Emmeline. Ethelinda. The Old Manor House
9. Mrs. Radcliffe
10. The Sicilian Romance. The Romance of the Forest
11. The Mysteries of Udolpho. The Italian. Volume 2:
1. Mrs. Inchbald
2. A Simple Story
3. Miss Edgeworth
4. Castle Rackrent. Belinda
5. Tales of Fashionable Life
6. Miss Austen
7. Miss Austen's six novels
8. Mrs. Opie
9. Father and Daughter. Adeline Mowbray
10. Lady Morgan
11. The Wild Irish Girl. O'Donnel.
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