Books+ Search Results
Wit, virtue, and emotion : British women's Enlightenment rhetoric
Title
Wit, virtue, and emotion : British women's Enlightenment rhetoric / Elizabeth Tasker Davis.
ISBN
9780809338276
0809338270
9780809338283
Publication
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2021]
Physical Description
xiii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary
"Author Elizabeth Tasker Davis demonstrates in this comprehensive study how wit, virtue, and fine feeling built upon each other in overlapping, gendered appeals for women's rights and capabilities in the late seventeenth to the late eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Davis, Elizabeth Tasker, 1962- Wit, virtue, and emotion Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2021]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 31, 2022
Series
Studies in rhetorics and feminisms
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A revolution in mood : emblems, embodiment, and ephemera
On the stage : dramatized women's rhetoric
In sociable venues : clubs, salons, and debating societies
On the page : written rhetoric and arguments about education.
Subjects
Bookmark As
Citation
