Brilliant women :

Eger, Elizabeth.

Brilliant women : 18th-century bluestockings / Elizabeth Eger and Lucy Peltz. - London : National Portrait Gallery, c2008. - 159 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports ; 25 cm.

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same title held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 13 March-15 June 2008.

Includes bibliography (p. 152-154) and index.

9781855143890 (hc.) 1855143895 (hc.)

GBA795539 bnb


Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791.
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797.
More, Hannah, 1745-1833.


Women intellectuals--History--England--18th century.
Women--Social conditions--England--18th century.
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century


England--Intellectual life--18th century.

PR448.W65 / E44 2008

942.073082