03250nam 2200697 a 450 991082526930332120200520144314.01-4725-9998-51-282-02469-897866120246960-8264-2594-110.5040/9781472599988(CKB)1000000000724345(EBL)436319(OCoLC)319641923(SSID)ssj0000141179(PQKBManifestationID)11157756(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141179(PQKBWorkID)10056959(PQKB)11556813(MiAaPQ)EBC436319(Au-PeEL)EBL436319(CaPaEBR)ebr10285172(CaONFJC)MIL202469(OCoLC)893334090(OCoLC)1154914162(UtOrBLW)bpp09257609(EXLCZ)99100000000072434520001128d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDr Johnson's women /Norma ClarkeLondon ;New York Hambledon and London20001 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85285-254-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-251) and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 At Mrs Garrick's; 2 Elizabeth Carter; 3 Charlotte Lennox; 4 Hester Thrale and Elizabeth Montagu; 5 Hannah More; 6 Fanny Burney; 7 Women and Writing; Notes; Bibliography; Index"I dined yesterday at Mrs Garrick's with Mrs Carter, Miss Hannah More and Miss Fanny Burney. Three such women are not to found; I know not where I could find a fourth, except Mrs Lennox, who is superiour to them all." --Samuel Johnson Dr. Johnson enjoyed the company of clever women. Dr. Johnson's Women explores his relationship with six remarkable and successful female authors, all of whom he knew well: Elizabeth Carter, Hannah More, Charlotte Lennox, Hester Thrale, Fanny Burney and Elizabeth Montagu. It is also an account of the characters and achievements of these women. It is often assumed that women writers in the eighteenth century suffered the same restrictions and obstacles that confronted their Victorian successors. Norma Clarke shows that this was by no means the case. Highlighting the opportunities available to women with talent in the eighteenth century, Dr. Johnson's Women makes clear just how impressive and varied their achievements wereWomen and literatureGreat BritainHistory18th centuryAuthors, English18th centuryBiographyWomenGreat BritainBiographyWomen authors, EnglishBiographyLondon (England)Intellectual life18th centuryWomen and literatureHistoryAuthors, EnglishWomenWomen authors, English828/.609BClarke Norma1948-456899MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825269303321Dr Johnson's women4002853UNINA