1st Edition
Bluestocking Feminism, Volume 1 Writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-91
320 Pages
by
Routledge
Feminist scholarship and criticism has retrieved the Bluestocking women from their marginal position in 18th-century literature. This work collects the principal writings of these women, together with a selection of their letters. Each volume is annotated and all texts are edited and reset.
Volume 1 Elizabeth Montagu General Introduction; Introduction Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800); An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets, 1769; Dialogues of the Dead, 1760; Unpublished Dialogues, 1760-8; Selected Letters: To Benjamin Stillingfleet, 22 August 1758; To Thomas Lyttelton, 20 October 1758; To Edward Montagu, January 1759; To Elizabeth Carter, 24 November 1759; To Elizabeth Carter, December 1759; To Elizabeth Carter, 1 May 1760; To George Lyttelton, 10 October 1760; To William Pulteney, 3 August 1762; To Elizabeth Carter, 3 October 1762; To The Chronicle, December 1762; To Elizabeth Carter, 31 May 1766; To Elizabeth Carter, 19 July 1766; To Elizabeth Carter, 8 October 1766; To Elizabeth Carter, 21 October 1766; To Henry Home, Lord Karnes, 13 April 1767; To Elizabeth Carter, 6 August 1767; To Elizabeth Carter, 13 August 1767; To Elizabeth Vesey, 24 May 1769; To Benjamin Stillingfleet, 2 June 1769; To George Lyttelton, 4 June 1769; To Matthew Robinson, 10 September 1769; To Edward Montagu, 10 & 11 September 1769; To Elizabeth Carter, 10 October 1769; To Morris Robinson, 5 July 1775; To Elizabeth Carter, 7 July 1775; To Elizabeth Carter, 27 April 1776; To Elizabeth Vesey, 7 September 1776; Notes
Biography
Gary Kelly, Elizabeth Eger, Judith Hawley, Jennifer Kelly, Rhoda Zuk
