British women writers and the writing of history, 1670-1820

British women writers and the writing of history, 1670-1820 / Devoney Looser.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Looser, Devoney, 1967-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Subjects:	Historiography > Great Britain > History > 18th century. English prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism. English prose literature > 18th century > History and criticism. Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Women historians > Great Britain. Great Britain > Historiography.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : British women writers and historical discourse
The true and romantic history of Lucy Hutchinson's Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : historian of her own time
Charlotte Lennox and the study and use of history
"Deep immers'd in the historic mine" : Catharine Macaulay's History in letters
Hester Lynch Piozzi's infinite and exact world history, Retrospection
Reading Jane Austen and rewriting "Herstory."