Women of Letters Gender, Writing and the Life of the Mind in Early Modern England |
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| Author:
| Hannan, Leonie |
| Series title: | Gender in History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5261-2719-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2018 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.95 |
Book Description:
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Women of letters writes a new history of English women's intellectual worlds using their private letters as evidence of hidden networks of creative exchange. The book argues that many women of this period engaged with a life of the mind and demonstrates the dynamic role letter-writing played in the development of ideas. -- .
Women of letters writes a new history of English women's intellectual worlds using their private letters as evidence of hidden networks of creative exchange. The book argues that many women of this period engaged with a life of the mind and demonstrates the dynamic role letter-writing played in the development of ideas. -- .