Living by the Pen: Women Writers in the Eighteenth Century

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Figures viii
• Acknowledgements ix
• Introduction 1
• 1 - Earlier Interpretations of the Development of Eighteenth-Century Women's Fiction 5
• 2 - Seventeenth-Century Foundations 18
• 3 - The Growth of Eighteenth-Century Women's Fiction 31
• 4 - Professional Authorship: the Alternatives for Women 60
• 5 - Women Novelists and Their Publishers 83
• 6 - Professional Women Novelists: Earning an Income 102
• 7 - Access to Women's Fiction 127
• Appendix A 152
• Appendix B 212
• Notes 217
• Works Cited 236

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Figures viii
• Acknowledgements ix
• Introduction 1
• 1 - Earlier Interpretations of the Development of Eighteenth-Century Women's Fiction 5
• 2 - Seventeenth-Century Foundations 18
• 3 - The Growth of Eighteenth-Century Women's Fiction 31
• 4 - Professional Authorship: the Alternatives for Women 60
• 5 - Women Novelists and Their Publishers 83
• 6 - Professional Women Novelists: Earning an Income 102
• 7 - Access to Women's Fiction 127
• Appendix A 152
• Appendix B 212
• Notes 217
• Works Cited 236
• Index 251