Women of Letters: Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England

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Leonie Hannan Pamela Sharpe

Women of Letters

Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England

Leonie Hannan, Pamela Sharpe, Penny Summerfield , Lynn Abrams

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Manchester University Press
10 May 2016

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; British & Irish history; Social & cultural history; Gender studies: women

Series: Gender in History

Women of letters writes a new history of English women's intellectual worlds using their private letters as evidence of hidden networks of creative exchange. The book argues that many women of this period engaged with a life of the mind and demonstrates the dynamic role letter-writing played in the development of ideas. Until now, it has been assumed that women's intellectual opportunities were curtailed by their confinement in the home. This book illuminates the household as a vibrant site of intellectual thought and expression. Amidst the catalogue of day-to-day news in women's letters are sections dedicated to the discussion of books, plays and ideas. Through these personal epistles, Women of letters offers a fresh interpretation of intellectual life in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, one that champions the ephemeral and the fleeting in order to rediscover women's lives and minds. -- .

By: Leonie Hannan
Series edited by: Pamela Sharpe, Penny Summerfield, Lynn Abrams, Cordelia Beattie
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9780719099427
ISBN 10: 0719099420
Series: Gender in History
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 10 May 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Leonie Hannan is Research Fellow in the School of History and Anthropology at Queen's University, Belfast