Author: Andrew O. Winckles

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2017-12-12

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 178694832X

The eighteenth century witnessed the rapid expansion of literary networks in Britain, yet we still lack a complex understanding of how these networks functioned, particularly for women. This volume addresses this gap, arguing that networks not only provided women with access to the literary marketplace, but altered their relations to each other, their literary production, and the broader social sphere.