17775 Austen - Antique and Collectible a contemporary of Jane Austen

a contemporary of Jane Austen living in Hampshire

One of the earliest gothic novels

is otherwise very clean

we sat beside her

Changing ideas about gender and power in the 18th century are brought to life

17775 Austen - Antique and Collectible a contemporary of Jane AustenTaking a cue from scholars who have unpacked the historical and literary references in Jane Austen's fiction, and in fact beginning her introduction with comments on Austen's juvenile historical writing, Kasmer surveys British women who crossed gender and genre norms to write history in the long eighteenth century. Features Catharine Macaulay, Sophia Lee, Helen Maria Williams, Jane Porter, Mary Shelley, and Lucy Aikin. Kasmer shows the diversity of