| Description |
xv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 98 |
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[Hofstra University's cultural and intercultural studies] |
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Hofstra University cultural & intercultural studies.
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Contributions in women's studies,
0147-104X ; no. 98.
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| Note |
"Prepared under the auspices of Hofstra University." |
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Papers selected from the Conference on Eighteenth-Century Women and the Arts, held at Hofstra University, Oct. 10-12, 1985. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Julie de Lespinasse: a mirror for the enlightenment -- Gibbon versus law: enlightenment and pietist standards for women -- Two anomalous women: Elizabeth Carter and Catherine Talbot -- A tax on old maids and bachelors: Frances Brooke's Old Maid -- Beaumarchais: a woman's place -- "For softness she": gender ideology and aesthetics in eighteenth-century England -- Emilie or Emile? Madame d'Epinay and the education of girls in eighteenth-century France -- Mrs. Hannah |
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Cowley, Playwright -- "My Want of Skill": apologias of British women poets, 1660-1800 -- The poet as mermaid: images of self in Margaret Cavendish and others -- Women poets and the pastoral trap: the case of Mary Whateley -- Pamela's identity sewn in clothes -- Graffigny and Riccoboni on the language of the woman writer -- Plot, voice, and narrative Oubli: Juliette Catesby's twice-told tale -- Defining the educative process: Maria Edgeworth's Belinda -- The women |
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musicians of Venice -- An English "feminist" in the Turkish harem: a portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu -- William Hogarth's moral message: the politics of eighteenth-century middle-class reality -- The letter theme: Fragonard and the image of women -- Ambition, politics, and professionalism: two women painters -- Biography, criticism, art history: Angelica Kauffman in context -- A woman artist's legacy: the autobiography of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun -- Educating women |
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in the arts: Mme. Campan's school -- Statistical profile of women writing in English from 1660 to 1800 -- Revising the pedagogy of the traditional scholarly methods course: the Brandeis Elizabeth Griffith collective -- On editing Elizabeth Griffith's The Platonic Wife -- Ambivalence and writing: Elizabeth and Richard Griffith's A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and Frances -- "How nicely circumspect must your conduct be": double standards in Elizabeth Griffith's |
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The History of Lady Barton -- "Intruding herself into the chair of criticism": Elizabeth Griffith and The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated. |
| Subject |
Arts, Modern -- 18th century.
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Women artists -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Feminism and the arts.
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| Added Author |
Keener, Frederick M., 1937-
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Lorsch, Susan E., 1950-
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Conference on Eighteenth-Century Women and the Arts (1985 : Hofstra University)
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| Added Title |
Eighteenth century women and the arts |
| ISBN |
0313263647 library binding alkaline paper |
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