Memoirs of Women Writers, Part III vol 8


Book Description

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.




Memoirs of Women Writers, Part III vol 10


Book Description

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.




Memoirs of Women Writers, Part III vol 9


Book Description

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.




Memoirs of Women Writers, Part II, Volume 5


Book Description

This book is fifth of the six-volume modern scholarly edition on the stories of real women's experiences. Written by the autodidact Mary Hays, it attests to the existence of active, learned and powerful women who produced new knowledge and made genuine contributions to cultural capital.




Women's Court and Society Memoirs, Part II vol 8


Book Description

Each of the works in this collection documents the extraodinary fortunes of women whose real lives read like fiction.




Women's Theatrical Memoirs, Part II vol 8


Book Description

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, sexuality and fame.




Romantic Women Writers Reviewed, Part III vol 8


Book Description

This multi-volume reset collection will address a significant shortfall in scholarly work, offering contemporary reviews of the work of Romantic women writers to a wider audience.




Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720-1840, Part II vol 8


Book Description

These volumes will present, in some cases for the first time, the lives and works of a coterie of Nonconformist women writers from the West Country.




Whore Biographies, 1700-1825, Part II vol 8


Book Description

Across eight volumes, this two-part collection of selected texts focuses on autobiographies and biographies of courtesans, directories of whores, erotic poems dedicated to harlots, jocular descriptions of prostitutes and jest books on strumpets.




Memoirs of Women Writers, Part II, Volume 6


Book Description

This book is second volume of Mary Hays's Female Biography; a scholarly edition on the stories of real women's experiences, such as those of Elizabeth Bland and Boadecia. It attests to the existence of active, learned and powerful women who produced new knowledge and contributed to cultural capital.