Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Hester Lynch Piozzi, antiquity of Bath -- "One generation passeth away, and another cometh" : Anna Letitia Barbauld's late literary work -- Jane Porter and the old woman writer's quest for financial independence -- Conclusion: "Old women now-a-days are not much thought of; out of sight out of mind with them, now-a-days."…”

“…This groundbreaking study explores the later lives and late-life writings of more than two dozen British women authors active during the long eighteenth century.Drawing on biographical materials, literary texts, and reception histories, Devoney Looser finds that far from fading into moribund old age, female literary greats such as Anna Letitia Barbauld, Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, Catharine Macaulay, Hester Lynch Piozzi, and Jane Porter toiled for decades after they achieved acclaim—despite seemingly concerted attempts by literary gatekeepers to marginalize their later contributions.Though these remarkable women wrote and published well into old age, Looser sees in their late careers the necessity of choosing among several different paths. …”

“…Sobre la figura de William Wallace, Jane Porter construye un mito fundacional de la nación escocesa: El hombre que dirigió una épica lucha por la independencia de Escocia tras el cruel asesinato de su esposa a manos de los ingleses. …”
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“…Ranging across well-known writers, such as William Godwin, Horace Walpole and Frances Burney, to lesser-known figures, including Cornelia Ellis Knight and Jane Porter, 'Reinventing Liberty' reveals how history becomes a site to rethink Britain as 'land of liberty' and positions Scott in relation to this tradition…”

“…Ranging across well-known writers, like William Godwin, Horace Walpole and Frances Burney, to lesser-known figures, such as Cornelia Ellis Knight and Jane Porter, Reinventing Liberty uncovers how history becomes a site to rethink Britain as 'land of liberty'. …”