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Prolific Ground - (Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850) by Nicolle Jordan (Paperback)

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  • Land ownership--and engagement with land more generally--constituted a crucial dimension of female independence in eighteenth-century Britain.
  • About the Author: NICOLLE JORDAN is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, where she has also served as director of women's and gender studies.
  • 208 Pages
  • Literary Criticism, Modern
  • Series Name: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850

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Prolific Ground investigates landownership as a crucial factor in the emergence of British women's independence during the long eighteenth century. Staking a claim to the nation's investment in land, women writers acquired a socio-political authority that otherwise eluded them. The landscapes that emerge in their writing testify to the socio-political power of land in this era.



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Land ownership--and engagement with land more generally--constituted a crucial dimension of female independence in eighteenth-century Britain. Because political citizenship was restricted to male property owners, women could not wield political power in the way propertied men did. Given its foundational sociopolitical function, land necessarily generated copious writing that vested it with considerable aesthetic and economic value. This book, then, situates these issues in relation to the historical transformation of landscape under emergent capitalism. The women writers featured herein--including Jane Barker, Anne Finch, Sarah Scott, and Elizabeth Montagu--participated in this transformation by celebrating female estate stewardship and evaluating the estate stewardship of men. By asserting their authority in such matters, these writers acquired a degree of independence and self-determination that otherwise proved elusive.



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"A dynamic, fresh consideration of texts that pose important questions of gender identity and social status in relation to landscape. Scholars with interests in women's writing, landscape history, and the possibilities afforded by various literary genres will find this book especially valuable."--Melissa Schoenberger "author of Cultivating Peace: The Virgilian Georgic in English, 1650-1750"

"Prolific Ground combines sensitive readings of literary and visual culture with fine attention to the social registers of eighteenth-century women's work. An indispensable guide for anyone interested in the history of landscape."--Elizabeth Eger "editor of Bluestockings Displayed: Portraiture, Performance, and Patronage, 1730-1830"

"A nuanced discussion of fiction, poetry, and correspondence, Prolific Ground persuasively demonstrates how landscape relations shape gender relations. With an utterly original approach, Jordan simultaneously challenges the assumptions about landscape as a male domain and asserts women's role in this narrative. An important and fresh contribution to the field."--Catherine Ingrassia "author of Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750"



About the Author



NICOLLE JORDAN is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, where she has also served as director of women's and gender studies.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.23 Inches (H) x 6.25 Inches (W) x .53 Inches (D)
Weight: .68 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850
Sub-Genre: Modern
Genre: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 208
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Theme: 18th Century
Format: Paperback
Author: Nicolle Jordan
Language: English
Street Date: November 15, 2024
TCIN: 1002293577
UPC: 9781684485390
Item Number (DPCI): 247-35-7750
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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