This collection discusses British and Irish life writings by women in the period 1700-1850. It argues for the importance of women's life writing as part of the

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

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