Controversy and the Hostile Reader: The Appeal of George Anne Bellamy's Apology
This essay examines the ways that controversial texts were read by reader-critics who sought to engage with their reading in new ways in the eighteenth century. It takes as its primary example An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy (1785), the autobiography of a woman actor in mid-eighteenth...
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Published in | Women's writing : the Elizabethan to Victorian period Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 499 - 516 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Abingdon
Routledge
01.10.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd |
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