British Women Writers and the Profession of Literary Criticism, 1789-1832

by Mary Waters

Book Overview

This book examines professional literary criticism by Romantic-era British women to reveal that, while developing a conscious professionalism, women literary critics helped to shape the aesthetic models that defined Romantic-era literary values and made the British literary heritage a source of national pride. Women critics understood the contested nature of aesthetics and the public implications of aesthetic values on questions such as morality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349518506
• ISBN13: 9781349518500
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"