By Gina Luria Walker
December 01, 2013
Mary Hays was a radical feminist whose writings brought her to the attention of her contemporaries William Blake, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin. Her Female Biography is an ambitious and acclaimed work, covering the lives of 294 women. The volume will be of use to those ...
By Gina Luria Walker
December 01, 2012
This volume of Memoirs of Women Writers contains full texts reproduced in facsimile with new scholarly apparatus. The texts have been carefully selected to illustrate various themes in women's history. They include: Mary Hays, Female Biography; or Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, ...
By Anna M Fitzer
December 01, 2011
This volume of Memoirs of Women Writers contains full texts reproduced in facsimile with new scholarly apparatus. The texts have been carefully selected to illustrate various themes in women's history. They include: Alicia LeFanu, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mrs Frances Sheridan (1824)...
By Dianne Dugaw
May 01, 2011
These memoirs all come from women forced to live lives of impropriety, often after ill-treatment from unscrupulous men. Their tales of survival in the face of extreme hardship and privations make inspirational and compelling reading....
By Amy Culley
January 01, 2010
Each of the works in this collection documents the extraodinary fortunes of women whose real lives read like fiction....
By Amy Culley
February 01, 2009
These exhuberant stories of intrigue and scandal paint a vivid and colourful picture of society life....
By Sharon M Setzer
January 01, 2008
By the close of the eighteenth century, the theatrical memoir had become a popular and established genre. This ten-volume facsimile collection presents the lives of some of the most celebrated actresses of their day. These memoirs also provide insights into contemporary constructions of gender, ...
By Sharon M Setzer
May 01, 2007
By the close of the Eighteenth Century, the theatrical memoir had become a popular and established genre. This ten-volume facsimile collection offers accounts of the late eighteenth-century stage, which provide insights into contemporary constructions of gender, sexuality and fame....
