Gender and Space in British Literature, 1660–1820

Download or read book Gender and Space in British Literature, 1660–1820 written by Dr Mona Narain and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-02-14 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapping the relationship between gender and space in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British literature, this collection explores new cartographies, both geographic and figurative. In addition to incisive analyses of specific works, a group of essays on Charlotte Smith’s novels and a group of essays on natural philosophy offer case studies for exploring issues of gender and space within larger fields, such as an author’s oeuvre or a discourse.