Not Just Jane: Rediscovering Seven Amazing Women Writers Who Transformed British Literature Contributor(s): Dewees, Shelley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062394622 ISBN-13: 9780062394620 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2016001019 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Not Just Jane restores seven of England's most fascinating and subversive literary voices to their rightful places in history. Shelley DeWees tells each woman writer's story with wit, passion, and an astute understanding of the society in which she lived and wrote." --Dr. Amanda Foreman, New York Times bestselling author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire Jane Austen and the Bront s endure as British literature's leading ladies (and for good reason)--but were these reclusive parsons' daughters really the only writing women of their day? A feminist history of literary Britain, this witty, fascinating nonfiction debut explores the extraordinary lives and work of seven long-forgotten authoresses, and asks: Why did their considerable fame and influence, and a vibrant culture of female creativity, fade away? And what are we missing because of it? You've likely read at least one Jane Austen novel (or at least seen a film one). Chances are you've also read Jane Eyre; if you were an exceptionally moody teenager, you might have even read Wuthering Heights. English majors might add George Eliot or Virginia Woolf to this list...but then the trail ends. Were there truly so few women writing anything of note during late 18th and 19th century Britain? Rediscover Charlotte Turner Smith, Helen Maria Williams, Mary Robinson, Catherine Crowe, Sara Coleridge, Dinah Mulock Craik, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dewees, Shelley: - Shelley DeWees has a graduate degree in ethnomusicology, several tattoos, and a documented obsession with British literature. Her writing has appeared in Austenprose, Jane Austen's World, and Jane Austen Today, and after time spent teaching in Korea she recently moved back to Minneapolis with her husband. |