Gender and Space in British Literature, 1660-1820 - 9781472415080

Taylor & Francis

Mapping the relationship between gender and space in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British literature, this collection explores new cartographies, both geographic and figurative. In addition to incisive analyses of specific works, a group of essays on Charlotte Smith\u2019s novels and a group of essays on natural philosophy offer case studies for exploring issues of gender and space within larger fields, such as an author\u2019s oeuvre or a discourse. > Between 1660 and 1820, Great Britain experienced significant structural transformations in class, politics, economy, print, and writing that produced new and varied spaces and with them, new and reconfigured concepts of gender. In mapping the relationship between gender and space in British literature of the period, this collection defines, charts, and explores new cartographies, both geographic and figurative. The contributors take up a variety of genres and discursive frameworks from this period, including poetry, the .