In Search of Fanny Hill's "Sacred Sisters": Celtic Scholarship on Page and Stage

• Published in: Eighteenth-century life Vol. 43; no. 2; p. 105
• Main Author: Williams, Carolyn D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Duke University Press, NC & IL 01.04.2019
• Subjects: 18th century; Ancient civilizations; Artistic representation (Imitation); Cleland, John (1709-1789); English literature; Gender; Gladfelder, Hal; Mason, William; Medieval period; Novels; Power; Women

Attempts to find connections between Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure and Cleland's etymological tracts, in which he attempted to recover the ancient Celtic language, have, so far, met with mixed success. The most promising approach is to relate them to their broader contexts, including Cleland&#...