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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.

Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Women and learning
1. Getting started
2. Becoming an intellectual
Part II: Putting pen to paper
3. Writing and thinking
4. Spaces for writing
Part III: Hearts and minds
5. Connecting reason and emotion
6. A seedbed for change
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 5/9/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719099427, 978-0719099427
      ISBN10: 0719099420

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      List of figures
      List of tables
      Acknowledgements
      List of abbreviations
      Introduction
      Part I: Women and learning
      1. Getting started
      2. Becoming an intellectual
      Part II: Putting pen to paper
      3. Writing and thinking
      4. Spaces for writing
      Part III: Hearts and minds
      5. Connecting reason and emotion
      6. A seedbed for change
      Appendix
      Bibliography
      Index

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