LEADER 03250nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910825269303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4725-9998-5 010 $a1-282-02469-8 010 $a9786612024696 010 $a0-8264-2594-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472599988 035 $a(CKB)1000000000724345 035 $a(EBL)436319 035 $a(OCoLC)319641923 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000141179 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157756 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141179 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10056959 035 $a(PQKB)11556813 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436319 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436319 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10285172 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL202469 035 $a(OCoLC)893334090 035 $a(OCoLC)1154914162 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09257609 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000724345 100 $a20001128d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDr Johnson's women /$fNorma Clarke 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cHambledon and London$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85285-254-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-251) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 8 $a"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 were 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aAuthors, English$y18th century$vBiography 606 $aWomen$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aWomen authors, English$vBiography 607 $aLondon (England)$xIntellectual life$y18th century 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAuthors, English 615 0$aWomen 615 0$aWomen authors, English 676 $a828/.609 676 $aB 700 $aClarke$b Norma$f1948-$0456899 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825269303321 996 $aDr Johnson's women$94002853 997 $aUNINA