Vocational Philanthropy and British Women's Writing, 1790�1810: Wollstonecraft, More, Edgeworth, Wordsworth
Author:   Patricia Comitini
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   176
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Patricia Comitini
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9780367882426


ISBN 10:   0367882426
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents: Introduction; History, philanthropy and benevolent femininity; The benevolent woman: rereading Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; Beyond the Polite: Philanthropy and the Politics of 'Popular' Tales; Reforming fiction and the middling classes: Maria Edgeworth's Belinda; More than 'half a poet': Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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'... compelling and well-argued... a fresh and lucid introduction, complemented with an intelligent and nuanced reading of Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women... Vocational Philanthropy is useful and well-argued, and sets out clearly the historical context and ideological agenda of Romantic-era didactic fiction, as well as elucidating the complex relationship between the private and public spheres that women writers often had to negotiate... an admirable attempt to give us a clearer understanding of a popular and powerful mode of fiction: one which had far greater cachet in its own time that ours and which deserves such unapologetic reassessment.' Romantic Textualities


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Patricia Comitini is Associate Professor of English, Quinnipiac University, USA

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