03731nam 2200745Ia 450 991081370260332120200520144314.01-283-64004-X1-61147-496-5(CKB)2670000000204296(EBL)914985(OCoLC)845245038(SSID)ssj0000756476(PQKBManifestationID)12366360(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756476(PQKBWorkID)10750995(PQKB)10100453(SSID)ssj0001147683(PQKBManifestationID)12483223(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001147683(PQKBWorkID)11140966(PQKB)10251646(MiAaPQ)EBC914985(Au-PeEL)EBL914985(CaPaEBR)ebr10610758(CaONFJC)MIL395254(EXLCZ)99267000000020429620111121d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNovel histories British women writing history, 1760-1830 /Lisa KasmerMadison [NJ] Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefieldc20121 online resource (199 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61147-625-9 1-61147-495-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorNovel 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 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 stuEnglish literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismEnglish literature18th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish literature19th centuryHistory and criticismWomen historiansGreat BritainHistory18th centuryWomen historiansGreat BritainHistory19th centuryHistoriographyGreat BritainHistory18th centuryHistoriographyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryEnglish literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Women historiansHistoryWomen historiansHistoryHistoriographyHistoryHistoriographyHistory820.9/358Kasmer Lisa1961-1653963MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813702603321Novel histories4005512UNINA