Synopses & Reviews
Sarah Prescott discusses the careers of a number of key women writers of the period from 1690 to 1740, exploring the role played by geographical location, literary circles, patronage, the literary marketplace, and subscription publication in shaping patterns of female authorship. The volume also provides a wealth of detail about the circumstances which affected the careers of individual women as well as investigating the marketing, reception, and self-representation of women writers in general.
Synopsis
Introduction: Relocating Women's Literary History PART I: WOMEN AND AUTHORSHIP Authorship for Women: Careers and Contexts Negotiating Authorship: Self-Representations PART II: AUTHORSHIP AND ECONOMICS Marketing the Woman Writer: Commercial Strategies Making a Living: Booksellers, Patronage, and Subscription PART III: THE LITERARY CAREER OF ELIZABETH SINGER ROWE Authorship, Gender, and Whig Poetics Provincial Networks, Dissenting Connections, and Noble Friends Bibliography Index
About the Author
Sarah Prescott is Lecturer in English, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Relocating Women's Literary History *
Part I: Women and Authorship * Authorship for Women: Careers and Contexts * Negotiating Authorship: Self-Representations *
Part II: Authorship and Economics * Marketing the Woman Writer: Commercial Strategies * Making a Living: Booksellers, Patronage, and Subscription *
Part III: The Literary Career of Elizabeth Singer Rowe * Authorship, Gender, and Whig Poetics * Provincial Networks, Dissenting Connections, and Noble Friends * Bibliography * Index Introduction: Relocating Women's Literary History *
Part I: Women and Authorship * Authorship for Women: Careers and Contexts * Negotiating Authorship: Self-Representations *
Part II: Authorship and Economics * Marketing the Woman Writer: Commercial Strategies * Making a Living: Booksellers, Patronage, and Subscription *
Part III: The Literary Career of Elizabeth Singer Rowe * Authorship, Gender, and Whig Poetics * Provincial Networks, Dissenting Connections, and Noble Friends * Bibliography * Index