LEADER 03589oam 22006134a 450 001 9910524899003321 005 20210915031137.0 010 $a1-4214-0022-7 035 $a(CKB)3240000000068899 035 $a(MH)011564185-8 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000607863 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11973848 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607863 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10585280 035 $a(PQKB)11481416 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4398368 035 $a(OCoLC)794701466 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2798 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000068899 100 $a20080108d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750?1850$fDevoney Looser 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 234 p. )$cill. ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8018-8705-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [205]-226) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Women writers and old age, 1750-1850 -- Past the period of choosing to write a "love-tale"? : Frances Burney's and Maria Edgeworth's late fiction -- Catharine Macaulay's waning laurels -- What is old in Jane Austen? -- Hester Lynch Piozzi, antiquity of Bath -- "One generation passeth away, and another cometh" : Anna Letitia Barbauld's late literary work -- Jane Porter and the old woman writer's quest for financial independence -- Conclusion: "Old women now-a-days are not much thought of; out of sight out of mind with them, now-a-days." 330 1 $a"This study explores the later lives and writings of more than two dozen British women authors active during the long eighteenth century." "Drawing on biographical materials, literary texts, and reception histories, Devoney Looser finds that, far from fading into moribund old age, female literary greats toiled for decades after they achieved acclaim - despite seemingly concerted attempts by literary gatekeepers to marginalize their later contributions." "Illuminating the powerful and often poorly recognized legacy of the British women writers who spurred a marketplace revolution in their earlier years only to find unanticipated barriers to acceptance in later life. Looser opens up new scholarly territory in the burgeoning field of women's studies and aging."--BOOK JACKET. 606 $aOld age$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aOlder women$zGreat Britain 606 $aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOld age$xSocial aspects 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aOlder women 615 0$aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a820.9/354 700 $aLooser$b Devoney$f1967-$01089343 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524899003321 996 $aWomen Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750?1850$92627751 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress