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

By Leonie Hannan

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719099420
• ISBN13: 9780719099427
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"