Women, Writing, and Revolution, 1790-1827

During the bitter debate about the French Revolution, many women writers in Britain argued that the state and national culture should be based on virtues and domains traditionally conceded to women. Women, Writing, and Revolution 1790-1827 combines an illuminating survey of women's writing in this period with detailed analyses of the critically neglected work of three important women writers: Helen Maria Williams, Mary Hays, and Elizabeth Hamilton.