English Feminists and Their Opponents in the 1790s: Unsex'D and Proper Females
By (Author) William Stafford
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
1st July 2010
United Kingdom
Paperback
252
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
This book examines what 16 radical and conservative, famous and notorious British women wrote about their sex in the 1790s. It offers a comprehensive survey of what they thought about their fellow women with regard to love, sexual desire and marriage; their domestic roles and issues of gender and female abilities including sensibility and genius.
William Stafford is Professor of History at the University of Huddersfield