Material Enlightenment : Women Writers And The Science Of Mind, 1770-1830

Women writers played a central role in the development of the philosophy of mind and its practical outworkings in Romantic era England, Scotland and Ireland. This book focuses on the writings and lives of five writers - Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743 - 1825), Honora Edgeworth (1751 - 1 May 1780), Hannah More (1745 - 1833), Elizabeth Hamilton (1756?- 23 July 1816) and Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849) - a group of women who differed in their political, religious and social views but were nevertheless associated through correspondence, family ties and a shared belief in the importance of female education.

• | Author: Joanna Wharton
• | Publisher: Boydell Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 21, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1783272953
• | ISBN-13: 9781783272952