This book explores how the publication of women’s life writing influenced the reputation of its writers and of the genre itself during the long nineteenth cen

British Women's Life Writing, 1760-1840 brings together for the first time a wide range of print and manuscript sources to demonstrate women's innovative approa

This book contributes to the literary history of eighteenth-century women’s life writings, particularly those labeled “scandalous memoirs.” It examines ho

Examining letter collections published in the second half of the nineteenth century, Catherine Delafield rereads the life-writing of Frances Burney, Charlotte B

This book traces specific cases of how evangelical and Methodist discourse practices interacted with major cultural and literary events during the long eighteen