The Female Appeal Memoir: Genre and Female Literary Tradition in Eighteenth-Century England

Breashears turns to the question of genre, arguing that one set of these writings forms a distinct subgenre of memoir that she calls the appeal memoir: a self-authorized memoir that narrates peculiarly female distresses and appeals to the public for sympathy or aid.

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Published in:Modern philology 2010-05, Vol.107 (4), p.607-631
Main Author: Breashears, Caroline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anecdotes
Autobiographies
Biography
English literature
European history
Females
Husbands
Literary criticism
Literary history
Memoirs
Narratives
Poetry
Theater
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Summary:Breashears turns to the question of genre, arguing that one set of these writings forms a distinct subgenre of memoir that she calls the appeal memoir: a self-authorized memoir that narrates peculiarly female distresses and appeals to the public for sympathy or aid.
ISSN:0026-8232
1545-6951
DOI:10.1086/652412