{"product_id":"romantic-women-writers-revolution-and-prophecy-rebellious-daughters-1786-1826-paperback-9781107566736","title":"Romantic Women Writers, Revolution, and Prophecy; Rebellious Daughters, 1786–1826 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107566736","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRomantic Women Writers, Revolution, and Prophecy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRebellious Daughters, 1786–1826\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book challenges our current critical understanding of the relations between gender, genre, and literary authority in this period.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOrianne Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107566736, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'[This book] corrects the gender imbalance of previous work on literary enthusiasm by shedding light on the previously obscured role of women writers in apocalyptic discourse … a tremendously fluent and incisive study, making surprising and productive use of speech-act theory to bring out the performative dimension of prophetic writing.' Judges' Report, 2015 First Book Prize, British Association for Romantic Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eConvinced that the end of the world was at hand, many Romantic women writers assumed the role of the female prophet to sound the alarm before the final curtain fell. Orianne Smith argues that their prophecies were performative acts in which the prophet believed herself to be authorized by God to bring about social or religious transformation through her words. Utilizing a wealth of archival material across a wide range of historical documents, including sermons, prophecies, letters and diaries, Orianne Smith explores the work of prominent women writers - from Hester Piozzi to Ann Radcliffe, from Helen Maria Williams to Anna Barbauld and Mary Shelley - through the lens of their prophetic influence. As this book demonstrates, Romantic women writers not only thought in millenarian terms, but they did so in a way that significantly alters our current critical view of the relations between gender, genre, and literary authority in this period.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: reading and writing the End of the World\u003cbr\u003e 1. Verbal magic: an etymology of female enthusiasm\u003cbr\u003e 2. The second coming of Hester Lynch Piozzi\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'I, being the representative of liberty': Helen Maria Williams and the Utopian performative\u003cbr\u003e 4. The passion of the Gothic heroine: Ann Radcliffe and the origins of narrative\u003cbr\u003e 5. Anna Barbauld as Enlightenment prophet\u003cbr\u003e 6. Prophesying tragedy: Mary Shelley and the end of Romanticism\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Gender studies: women [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gender studies: women\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gender%20studies:%20women%20%5BJFSJ1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSJ1\u003c\/a\u003e], Gender studies, gender groups [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gender studies, gender groups\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gender%20studies,%20gender%20groups%20%5BJFSJ%5D%22\"\u003eJFSJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265771163928,"sku":"9781107566736","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107566736i.jpg?v=1696766291","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/romantic-women-writers-revolution-and-prophecy-rebellious-daughters-1786-1826-paperback-9781107566736","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}