The Sign of Angellica: Women, Writing, and Fiction, 1600-1800

ISBN-13: 9780231071352 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 328 str.

Janet Todd

Opis

Examining the writing of Aphra Behn, Frances Sheridan, Ann Radcliffe and Fanny Burney among others, this study describes the entry of women into literature as a profession in the 17th century. It describes how the fictional genre became the main vehicle for female self-expression.