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
5 - Women as members of the literary family, 1737–1756
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2009
- 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
TEXTS
1739–62 (written) Eliza Lucas Pinckney. Letterbook
1744 [Mary Collyer]. Felicia to Charlotte. Being Letters from a Young Lady in the Country, to her Friend in Town …
1744 [Sarah Fielding]. The Adventures of David Simple: Containing An Account of his Travels Through the Cities of London and Westminster, In the Search of a Real Friend. 2 volumes
1748 Mary Leapor. Poems upon Several Occasions
1748 (Dublin). Laetitia Pilkington. The Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia Pilkington, Wife to the Rev. Mr. Matth. Pilkington. Written by Herself … 2 volumes
1748 An Apology for the Conduct of Mrs. Teresia Constantia Phillips … 3 vols.
1749 [Mary Collyer]. Letters from Felicia to Charlotte. Volume the Second
1749 Sarah Fielding. The Governess: or, Little Female Academy, Being the History of Mrs. Teachum, and her Nine Girls, With their Nine Days Amusement: Calculated for the Entertainment and Instruction of Young Ladies in their Education
1751 Mary Leapor. Poems upon Several Occasions. By the Late Mrs. Leapor
1751 [Frances Anne Holles Vane, Lady Vane]. “Memoirs of a Lady of Quality”
1752 [Charlotte Lennox]. The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella. 2 volumes
1753 [Sarah Fielding]. The Adventures of David Simple. Volume the Last, In which his History is Concluded
1755 Charlotte Charke. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke: youngest Daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq., Written by Herself
1756 [Eliza Haywood]. The Wife. By Mira, one of the Authors of the Female Spectator, and Epistles for Ladies
1756 [Eliza Haywood]. The Husband. In Answer to the Wife
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- A Literary History of Women's Writing in Britain, 1660–1789 , pp. 228 - 285Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006