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Didactic Novels and British Women's Writing, 1790-1820
Tracing the rise of conduct literature and the didactic novel over the course of the eighteenth century, this book explores how British women used the didactic novel genre to engage in political debate during and immediately after the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Although didactic novels were frequently conventional in structure, they provided a venue for women to uphold, to undermine, to interrogate, but most importantly, to write about acceptable social codes and values. The essays discuss the multifaceted ways in which didacticism and women’s writing were connected and demonstrate the reforming potential of this feminine and ostensibly constricting genre. Focusing on works...
The Eighteenth Century
Based on the British Library's Eighteenth century short title catalogue (ESTC), and consisting of works printed in the British Empire, or printed in English anywhere else in the world from 1701 to 1800.
