The
Official Website of the Secret Society of British Gentlewomen
Contains information that would be pertinent
to you if you were a British Gentlewoman living during the 18th century.
Focuses particularly on legal rights, "contemporary" authors,
and the rise of female friendships. Has a section devoted to Delarvier
Manley's New Atlantis.
Women
and Eighteenth-Century English Literature
Part
1 contains a list of biographical resources, anthologies, and journals
relating to women and 18th century literature. Part 2 contains a partially
annotated bibliography of books and articles relating to women and 18th
century literature
Women
Writers in 18th Century England
Provides
information on many of Manley's and Scott's female literary contemporaries.
Also includes a timeline broadly outlining the literary history of 18th
century England and a summary of the issues facing women in 18th century
British society. Most interesting is a section entiteld "Conversations"
which contains mock conversations women writers may have had.
Make
Your Way as a Woman in Eighteenth-Century England
Attempts to provide a sense of what life
was like for a woman in the 18th century by taking you on a journey
in which you make decisions which lead you in many different directions.
Relevant historical information is provided along the way. Also includes
bibliographic information.
Eighteenth-Century
England
A
Student Project showcase, featuring links to a variety of sites focusing
on different aspects of 18th century life. Includes, for example, a
site focusing on marriage, from a female perspective, entitled, "The
English Bride: A Gentlewoman's Guide to Marriage." Contains links
to 38 projects in all, organized by subject.
Eighteenth-Century
Resources - Literature
This site contains links to such topics as General Pages of Literature,
British Authors, Theatre and Drama, The Gothic, Romanticism, Women Writers,
French Literature, German Literature, Italian Literature, etc.
Recent
Studies and Editions of 18th-Century Women Writers, Readers, and Publishers
This
site is a bibliography page that focuses on works of literature that
were "written, published, and read by women."
Bluestocking Links
The Bluestocking
Archive
This webpage focuses on Bluestocking and the works of literature that
led to this movement. It also deals with "the development of sensibility"
and "achievements of High Romanticism."
Bluestocking
Web Project: Celebrating the Intellectual Woman
This site gives a brief background of Bluestocking
and a list of female writers that were and have been affected by this
movement. A definition of Bluestocking is also included.
Feminism Links
Women
and Gender Studies Literature and Culture Web Sites
This
site contains links to a whole list of webpages that deal with women
in literature. There are online texts, criticisms, bibliographies, Classical
and Medieval Studies, etc.