Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- ISBN-10
- 0521773490
- ISBN-13
- 9780521773492
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 310
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-05
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Karen O'Brien, Karen Elisabeth O'Brien
Description
An original study of how Enlightenment ideas shaped the lives of women and the work of eighteenth-century women writers.
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