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UNINA9910462459303321 |
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Autore |
Kasmer Lisa <1961-> |
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Titolo |
Novel histories [[electronic resource] ] : British women writing history, 1760-1830 / / Lisa Kasmer |
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Madison [NJ], : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |
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Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012 |
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1-283-64004-X |
1-61147-496-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (199 p.) |
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English literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Women historians - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Women historians - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Historiography - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Historiography - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The Literariness of History; 1 "My heart will stand the test"; II: Traditional Genre and Naive Historical Narrative; 2 Political Critique in Sophia Lee's The Recess and Ann Yearsley's Earl Goodwin; III: The "Collapse" of History and the Imaginary; 3 Helen Maria Williams and the "Regendering" of History; 4 Jane Porter's Novel Histories; 5 Mary Shelley's Foreclosed History in Valperga; IV: "Narrativity" and Feminist History; 6 "The worthy associates of the best efforts of the best men"; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Novel Histories: British Women Writing History, 1760-1830 argues that British women's history and historical fiction in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century changed not only the shape but also the political significance of women's writing. As history writing in general |
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became more literary and characterized by sentiment in the late eighteenth century, these authors pushed the limits of narrated history to carve out a space for women writers to respond to contemporary national politics, thereby enabling them to participate in civic life in new and sometimes subversive ways. This stu |
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UNISA996386126003316 |
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Autore |
Du Moulin Lewis <1606-1680.> |
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Proposals, and reasons whereon some of them are grounded, humbly presented to the Parliament, towards the settling of a religious and godly government in the commonwealth [[electronic resource] ] : with a short account of the compatibility of the congregationall way with the magistrates ordering all matters of religion in a nationall publick way ..., tythes and settled maintenance for the ministery, [and] ministers capacity of sitting in Parliament / / by Lewis du Moulin . |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London, : Printed by Iohn Redmayne, 1659 |
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Church and state - England |
Great Britain Church history 17th century |
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Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York. |
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