The Feminization Debate in Eighteenth-Century England: Literature, Commerce and

Description: The Feminization Debate in Eighteenth-Century England by E. Clery It looks at the first use of a female author as an icon of modernity in the Athenian Mercury , and reappraises works by Elizabeth Singer Rowe, Mandeville, Defoe, Pope and Elizabeth Carter. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the Eighteenth Century, critics of capitalism denounced the growth of luxury and effeminacy supporters applauded the increase of refinement and the improved status of women. This pioneering study explores the way the association of commerce and femininity permeated cultural production. It looks at the first use of a female author as an icon of modernity in the Athenian Mercury, and reappraises works by Elizabeth Singer Rowe, Mandeville, Defoe, Pope and Elizabeth Carter. Samuel Richardsons novels represent the culmination of the English debate, while contemporary essays by David Hume move towards a fully fledged enlightenment theory of feminization. Notes 1 New account on the debate of progress and corruption essential to Eighteenth-century intellectual history2 Advances progressive theory about Eighteenth-century culture and about the importance of gender as a conceptual category in the history of ideas3 Explains why women are so prominent in early Eighteenth century literature4 Explores how women came to be used as a measure for commercial growth and the resulting historical changes5 Examines the wider political and economic debate6 Substantial reassessment of the work of Samuel Richardson in particular, Clarissa - why he is central to debates on womens writing7 Careers of Elizabeth Singer Rowe and Elizabeth Carter are discussed in detail8 Reappraises work by Defoe, Mandeville and Pope9 Commerce and luxury are increasingly popular areas in literary studies10 First title in the new Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print series Author Biography E. J. Clery is Senior Lecturer in English and Research Fellow with the Corvey Project on Romantic-Era Womens Writing at Sheffield Hallam University. She is the author of The Rise of Supernatural Fiction, 1762-1800 (1995) and Womens Gothic from Clara Reeve to Mary Shelley (2000), co-editor of Gothic Documents: A Sourcebook, 1700-1820 and Authorship, Commerce and the Public: Scenes of Writing, 1750-1850, and has published widely on Eighteenth-century and Romantic-era literature and culture. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Sexual Alchemy in the Coffee House The Athenian Mercury and the Pindarick Lady The South Sea Bubble and the Resurgence of Misogyny: Cato, Mandeville and Defoe Elizabeth Carter in Popes Garden: Literary Women of the 1730s Clarissa and the Total Revolution in Manners Out of the Closet: Richardson and the Cult of Literary Women Coda: From Discourse to Theory of Feminization in the Essays of David Hume Notes Bibliography Index Review The Feminization Debate in Eighteenth-Century England is an elegantly written, trenchant and persuasive analysis of how the category of the feminine was used in order to chart economic growth and to assess its impact on the social fabric of England. Particularly in the Introduction, Clery provides a useful overview of historical and literary scholarship of the period and throughout she illuminates the study of feminism in general and its English history in particular by showing how discourses of the feminine were largely (though not exclusively) about masculinity, virtue, and authority in an emerging commercial economy. This consistently original and provocative study fulfils its promise to restore a sense of wonder to the early history of capitalism and in the process impressively inaugurates the Palgrave Studies in The Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print series. - Professor Claudia L. Johnson, Princeton University, USAE J Clerys intriguing book achieves a redefinition of the public sphere in England between the 1690s and 1750s. - Julia Swindells, University CollegeThis is a very original book, both intelligent and informed; showing a sure mastery of the subject it addresses... - Marialuisa Bignami, Modern Language ReviewThis provocative, dense and economical book charts the way in which the figure of woman serves as a measure of commercial growth and historical change in Britain between the late seventeenth andthe mid-eighteenth century...[The book] argues its case with an energy that rivals the literary voices it invokes and has an ambition and conviction rarely found in current eighteenth-century scholarship too often content to assess local effects or describe coterie history. - Ros Ballaster, Journal of European Studies...a learned, provocative book, one that not only puts forward a revisionary thesis, but illuminates it with wide-ranging and compelling examples...[a] strongly argued and highly fruitful study, which deserves a wide readership... - Devoney Looser, The Eighteenth Century: Theory and InterpretationThe Feminization Debate is an important book, notable for its willingness to consider literature and society in an economic context. - Thomas K. Meier, The Age of JohnsonClerys work, like the best work of this decade and unlike much of the best work of the 1980s, historicizes before it theorizes... - Cynthia Wall, Recent Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century, Studies in English Literature 1500-1900This is a rewarding and fascinating book for those interested in Richardson, eighteenth-century female authors, and eighteenth-century cultural history. - A. W. Lee, ChoiceClerys study makes real contributions to ongoing discussions regarding gender and sexuality during the British Enlightenment, and it deserves the attention of literary critics and social scientists alike.- Paul Kelleher, Journalof The History of Sexuality Review Quote The Feminization Debate in Eighteenth-Century England is an elegantly written, trenchant and persuasive analysis of how the category of the feminine was used in order to chart economic growth and to assess its impact on the social fabric of England. Particularly in the Introduction, Clery provides a useful overview of historical and literary scholarship of the period and throughout she illuminates the study of feminism in general and its English history in particular by showing how discourses of the feminine were largely (though not exclusively) about masculinity, virtue, and authority in an emerging commercial economy. This consistently original and provocative study fulfils its promise to restore a sense of wonder to the early history of capitalism and in the process impressively inaugurates the Palgrave Studies in The Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print series. - Professor Claudia L. Johnson, Princeton University, USA E J Clerys intriguing book achieves a redefinition of the public sphere in England between the 1690s and 1750s. - Julia Swindells, University College This is a very original book, both intelligent and informed; showing a sure mastery of the subject it addresses... - Marialuisa Bignami, Modern Language Review This provocative, dense and economical book charts the way in which the figure of woman serves as a measure of commercial growth and historical change in Britain between the late seventeenth and the mid-eighteenth century...[The book] argues its case with an energy that rivals the literary voices it invokes and has an ambition and conviction rarely found in current eighteenth-century scholarship too often content to assess local effects or describe coterie history. - Ros Ballaster, Journal of European Studies ...a learned, provocative book, one that not only puts forward a revisionary thesis, but illuminates it with wide-ranging and compelling examples...[a] strongly argued and highly fruitful study, which deserves a wide readership... - Devoney Looser, The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation The Feminization Debate is an important book, notable for its willingness to consider literature and society in an economic context. - Thomas K. Meier, The Age of Johnson Clerys work, like the best work of this decade and unlike much of the best work of the 1980s, historicizes before it theorizes... - Cynthia Wall, Recent Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century, Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 This is a rewarding and fascinating book for those interested in Richardson, eighteenth-century female authors, and eighteenth-century cultural history. - A. W. Lee, Choice Clerys study makes real contributions to ongoing discussions regarding gender and sexuality during the British Enlightenment, and it deserves the attention of literary critics and social scientists alike.- Paul Kelleher, Journal of The History of Sexuality Details ISBN033377731X Language English ISBN-10 033377731X ISBN-13 9780333777312 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2004 Subtitle Literature, Commerce and Luxury Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title FEMINIZATION DEBATE IN 18TH-CE Residence ENK Edition Description 2004 Pages 234 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Basingstoke DOI 10.1604/9780333777312 AU Release Date 2004-08-20 NZ Release Date 2004-08-20 UK Release Date 2004-08-20 Illustrations XI, 234 p. Author E. Clery Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Series Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print Publication Date 2004-08-20 Alternative 9780333777329 DEWEY 820.9352209033 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96921173;

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