This book presents a close reading of various writings by eighteenth-century British women, considering their relation to the literary, philosophical, and political currents of their time. As such, it contributes to a growing body of scholarship that has recovered and analyzed writing by women in order to illuminate the complex dynamics of power and gender in the eighteenth century, including a persistent preoccupation with the relation between the sexes. The author likewise considers the relationship between women's writing and the rise of the novel as a literary form. This book will be of interest to specialists in the literature and culture of the eighteenth century, as well as those studying the history of women's writing and gender in British history.

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