Chapter 13. Women, Old Age, and the Eighteenth-Century Novel
- Paula R. Backscheider,
- Catherine Ingrassia
Published Online: 26 NOV 2007
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996232.ch15
Copyright © 2005 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
A Companion to the Eighteenth-Century English Novel and Culture
Additional Information
How to Cite
Looser, D. (2007) Women, Old Age, and the Eighteenth-Century Novel, in A Companion to the Eighteenth-Century English Novel and Culture (eds P. R. Backscheider and C. Ingrassia), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470996232.ch15
Publication History
- Published Online: 26 NOV 2007
- Published Print: 1 JAN 2005
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405101578
Online ISBN: 9780470996232
- Summary
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Keywords:
- joy;
- happiness;
- european culture;
- virtuous life;
- stoics
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Women Novelists who Outlived Jane Austen
Old Age in Eighteenth-Century Great Britain
Frances Burney: “Past the period of chusing to write a love-tale”
Maria Edgeworth: “The voice of old experience”
Conclusions