1944-47 Women Writers: Their Contribution to The English Novel 1621-1744 and The Later Women Novelists 1744-1818

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this work. Two volumes study of women's contribution to English literature from the early seventeenth century the early nineteenth by B. G. MacCarthy. Studies included are of Aphra Behn and satire, Restoration genres compared, the sentimentalised novella, novels of sentiment and sensibility, the didactic novel, Jane Austen, &c. A fascinating read.