Title Empowering the feminine : the narratives of Mary Robinson, Jane West, and Amelia Opie, 1796-1812 / Eleanor Ty

Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection Contents pt. 1. Mary Robinson (1758-1800) -- pt. 2. Jane West (1758-1852) -- pt. 3. Amelia Opie (1769-1853) Summary "Mary Robinson, fantastic beauty, popular actress, and once lover of the Prince of Wales, received the epithet 'the English Sappho' for her lyric verse. Amelia Opie, a member of the fashionable literary society and later a Quaker, included among her friends Sydney Smith, Byron, and Scott, and reputedly refused Godwin's marriage proposal out of admiration for Mary Wollstonecraft. Jane West, who tended her household and dairy while writing prolifically to support her children, was in direct opposition to the radically feminist ideas preceding her. These authors, each from different ideological and social backgrounds, all grappled with a desire for empowerment. Writing in an atmosphere hardened towards reform in response to the French revolution's upheavals, these women focus their narratives on typically feminine attributes - docility, maternal feeling, heightened sensibility (that key word of the period). That focus invests these attributes with new meaning, making supposed female weaknesses potentially active forces for social change."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853 -- Criticism and interpretation Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 -- Criticism and interpretation West, Jane, 1758-1852 -- Criticism and interpretation Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853 Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 West, Jane, 1758-1852 Robinson, Mary (Schriftstellerin) West, Jane (Schriftstellerin) Opie, Amelia Alderson. English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism Feminist fiction, English -- History and criticism English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism Women in literature. Feminism in literature. Women authors, English -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Women Authors. Women authors, English English fiction English fiction -- Women authors Feminism in literature Feminist fiction, English Women in literature Frauenroman Frau Motiv Soziale Rolle Motiv Soziale Rolle Frau Englisch. Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442674394 1442674393

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