English 114EM: Links on the Authors

Useful general resources concering 18th century women writers:

The Bibliography of Early Women Writers

Celebration of Women Writers


Mary Astell

A brief biography with some links to works available online by Astell (including Serious Proposal and Some Reflections on Marriage)

A brief biography of Astell in light of her philosophical contributions

Women Writers Project biography of Astell

Short biography of Astell


Aphra Behn

A good bibliography of recent Behn criticism

The homepage of the Aphra Behn Society

Ruth Nesvold's page on Aphra Behn, containing some good online articles about Behn, particularly Oroonoko

Online reproductions of some Behn poetry

An undergraduate class page with some good links to Behn discussions and articles pertaining to Oroonoko

A pretty good online biography of Behn, albeit with some commercial links


Anne Finch, Countess of Winchelsea

Online biography of Anne Finch

Online reproductions of Finch's poetry from an undergraduate class taught by Michael Gamer, U Penn

More online reproductions of Finch's poetry

Chapter outlines from a book prospectus on Finch by Ellen Moody


Charlotte Lennox

WWP biography of Lennox

The Early Women Writers biography of Lennox

A strange annotated version of Female Quixote highlighting Lennox's use of medical terminology


Eliza Fowler Haywood

WWP biography of Haywood

Chronology of British writers containing references to Haywood

Bibliography of Haywood's works and recent scholarship

Critical essay on British Feminist Writers with remarks about Haywood

Discussion list thread comparing Haywood's views on love and marriage to Jane Austen's


Delariviere Manley

The WWP (Women Writers Project) biography of Manley

A personal homepage with Manley biography

Page containing only a picture of a rare New Atlantis edition


Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

A link to a brief biography, bibliography, and online works of Montagu's poetry and prose

More online reproductions of Montagu's poetry

Online reproduction of Dining with the Sultana from Montagu's letters


Katherine Philips

A short biography of Philips

A useful bibliography of Philips's work and some recent criticism

U Toronto's online database of poetic works by Philips

Online reproductions of some Philips poems


Sarah Scott

A discussion list thread regarding Millenium Hall


 

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