Mothers of the nation : women's political writing in England, 1780-1830 /
British women writers were enormously influential in the creation of public opinion and political ideology during the years from 1780 to 1830. Anne Mellor demonstrates the many ways in which they attempted to shape British public policy and cultural behavior in the areas of religious and governmenta...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press
©2000.
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| Series: | Women of letters (Bloomington, Ind.)
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt20060zs |
Table of Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Hannah More, Revolutionary Reformer; 2 Theater as the School of Virtue; 3 Women's Political Poetry; 4 Literary Criticism, Cultural Authority, and the Rise of the Novel; 5 The Politics of Fiction; Desmond; Persuasion; Postscript; Notes; Works Cited; Index.