Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Public women: the Restoration to the death of Aphra Behn, 1660–1689
- 2 Partisans of virtue and religion, 1689–1702
- 3 Politics, gallantry, and ladies in the reign of Queen Anne, 1702–1714
- 4 Battle joined, 1715–1737
- 5 Women as members of the literary family, 1737–1756
- 6 Bluestockings and sentimental writers, 1756–1776
- 7 Romance and comedy, 1777–1789
- Notes
- Recommended modern editions
- Select bibliography
- Index
6 - Bluestockings and sentimental writers, 1756–1776
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Public women: the Restoration to the death of Aphra Behn, 1660–1689
- 2 Partisans of virtue and religion, 1689–1702
- 3 Politics, gallantry, and ladies in the reign of Queen Anne, 1702–1714
- 4 Battle joined, 1715–1737
- 5 Women as members of the literary family, 1737–1756
- 6 Bluestockings and sentimental writers, 1756–1776
- 7 Romance and comedy, 1777–1789
- Notes
- Recommended modern editions
- Select bibliography
- Index
Summary
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1756–76 (written) Elizabeth Carter and Elizabeth Montagu. Letters
1756–76 (written) Sarah Byng Osborn. Letters
1757 Charlotte Lennox. Memoirs for the History of Madame de Maintenon and of the Last Age. Translated from the French, by the Author of the Female Quixote. 5 volumes
1758 Elizabeth Carter. All the Works of Epictetus, Which are Now Extant; Consisting of his Discourses, Preserved by Arrian. In Four Books, The Enchiridion, and Fragments
1759 [Sarah Fielding]. History of the Countess of Dellwyn … By the author of David Simple. 2 volumes
1761 [Frances Sheridan]. The Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph. Extracted from her Own Journal, and now First Published. 3 volumes
1762 Elizabeth Carter. Poems on Several Occasions
1762 [Sarah Scott]. A Description of Millenium Hall, and the Country Adjacent: Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections, as may Excite in the Reader proper Sentiments of Humanity, and lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue
1763 Frances Sheridan. The Discovery. A Comedy (Drury Lane)
1763–83 Catharine Macaulay. The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line. 8 volumes
1769 [Frances Brooke]. The History of Emily Montague: In Four Volumes. By the Author of Lady Julia Mandeville. 4 volumes
1769 [Elizabeth Montagu]. An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets. With some Remarks upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire
1771 Elizabeth Griffith. The History of Lady Barton. A Novel, in Letters. 3 volumes
1772 Anna Letitia Aikin. Poems
1773 [Hester Chapone]. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. Addressed to a Young Lady. 2 volumes
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