The Modern Philosopher Letters To Her Son And Verses On The Siege Of Gibraltar
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The Modern Philosopher Letters To Her Son And Verses On The Siege Of Gibraltar By Elizabeth Craven
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Author : Julia Gasper
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2018-06-11
The Modern Philosopher Letters To Her Son And Verses On The Siege Of Gibraltar By Elizabeth Craven written by Julia Gasper and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book offers a modern edition of three fascinating and important works by Elizabeth Craven (1750-1828), an English author who lived for many years on the Continent. Craven is mainly remembered for her scandalous personal life, but deserves more serious attention. She was influenced by Enlightenment ideas and took a broad interest in the events of her time. The Modern Philosopher (1790) is a satire on the egalitarian theories of the French Revolution. The intellectual Longinius advocates equality in theory as perfectly logical, but is dismayed when his household put it into practice. Its love-plot has a happy ending. Written originally in French, it is here translated for the first time. Letters to Her Son (1784) is a book of advice on marriage that should be regarded as a pioneering feminist text. Craven boldly denounces the tyranny of husbands, the oppressive laws of the institution of marriage, and the fact that women were categorized as “a second sort of beings”. She condemns the law that gave a husband custody of the children after divorce, even if he had been violent or unfaithful. She looks forward to replacing all that with a model of marriage in which the partners are equal companions and seek happiness rather than dominance. Verses on the Siege of Gibraltar (1785) is a satirical poem concerning the battle for Gibraltar which was besieged by the French and Spanish during the American War of Independence. Military vanity, heroic posturing and weird contraptions all serve as targets for her biting wit and artful mockery. Put together, these three works demonstrate Craven’s versatility as a writer and startling modernity.
The Life And Novels Of Isabella St John
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Author : Julia Gasper
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2025-01-24
The Life And Novels Of Isabella St John written by Julia Gasper and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-01-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
Isabella St John’s novels were published in the 1830s, in the generation after Jane Austen, and she went further than Austen in her sharply satirical picture of the English upper class. Nobody knew it more thoroughly than she did, as she had been born into an aristocratic family, who were furious at her decision to marry a man who offered her neither wealth nor status. Driven by circumstances to earn her living by writing, she produced a series of novels and stories of considerable originality and merit, deeply concerned with women’s rights and the injustice of society in her time. Her sense of humour, acute observation and boldness in writing about political issues set her apart from the run of romantic and didactic authors of her time. This is Regency society portrayed without flattery or varnish, sentimentality or pretension, just utterly authentic inside knowledge. St John travelled widely on the continent and her books depict scenes in France, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal and Nice, as well as England. She devoted her old age to charitable activities.
The Modern Philosopher Letters To Her Son And Verses On The Siege Of Gibraltar
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Author : Elizabeth Craven
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The Modern Philosopher Letters To Her Son And Verses On The Siege Of Gibraltar written by Elizabeth Craven and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Equality categories.
This book offers a modern edition of three fascinating and important works by Elizabeth Craven (1750-1828), an English author who lived for many years on the Continent. Craven is mainly remembered for her scandalous personal life, but deserves more serious attention. She was influenced by Enlightenment ideas and took a broad interest in the events of her time. The Modern Philosopher (1790) is a satire on the egalitarian theories of the French Revolution. The intellectual Longinius advocates equality in theory as perfectly logical, but is dismayed when his household put it into practice. Its love-plot has a happy ending. Written originally in French, it is here translated for the first time. Letters to Her Son (1784) is a book of advice on marriage that should be regarded as a pioneering feminist text. Craven boldly denounces the tyranny of husbands, the oppressive laws of the institution of marriage, and the fact that women were categorized as a second sort of beings. She condemns the law that gave a husband custody of the children after divorce, even if he had been violent or unfaithful. She looks forward to replacing all that with a model of marriage in which the partners are equal companions and seek happiness rather than dominance. Verses on the Siege of Gibraltar (1785) is a satirical poem concerning the battle for Gibraltar which was besieged by the French and Spanish during the American War of Independence. Military vanity, heroic posturing and weird contraptions all serve as targets for her biting wit and artful mockery. Put together, these three works demonstrate Cravens versatility as a writer and startling modernity.
The Spectator
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845
The Spectator written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with categories.
A Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors Living And Deceased
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Author : Samuel Austin Allibone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
A Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors Living And Deceased written by Samuel Austin Allibone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with categories.
A Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors
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Author : Samuel Austin Allibone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1859
A Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors written by Samuel Austin Allibone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1859 with American literature categories.
A Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors Living And Deceased From The Earliest Accounts To The Latter Half Of The Nineteenth Century
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Author : S. Austin Allibone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1859
A Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors Living And Deceased From The Earliest Accounts To The Latter Half Of The Nineteenth Century written by S. Austin Allibone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1859 with American literature categories.
The Works Of David Ricardo With A Notice Of His Life
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Author : David Ricardo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1846
The Works Of David Ricardo With A Notice Of His Life written by David Ricardo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1846 with categories.
A Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors Living And Deceased
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Author : Allibone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
A Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors Living And Deceased written by Allibone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors
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Author : S. Austin Allibone
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-09-17
A Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors written by S. Austin Allibone and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-17 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.