Bluestockings: Women of Reason from Enlightenment to Romanticism(Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultu)

Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultu

This studyargues that female networks of conversation, correspondenceand patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the 'higher' realms of Shakespeare criticism and poetry. Eger traces the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic culture, arguing for the relevance of rational argument in the history of women's writing.