Love and Friendship, and Other Early Works
Like many women authors at the time, Austen published her books anonymously. At the time, the ideal roles for a woman were as wife and mother, and writing for women was regarded at best as a secondary form of activity; a woman who wished to be a full-time writer was felt to be degrading her femininity, so books by women were usually published anonymously in order to maintain the conceit that the female writer was only publishing as a sort of part-time job, and was not seeking to become a ‘literary lioness’ (i.e a celebrity)
Like many women authors at the time, Austen published her books anonymously. At the time, the ideal roles for a woman were as wife and mother, and writing for women was regarded at best as a secondary form of activity; a woman who wished to be a full-time writer was felt to be degrading her femininity, so books by women were usually published anonymously in order to maintain the conceit that the female writer was only publishing as a sort of part-time job, and was not seeking to become a ‘literary lioness’ (i.e a celebrity)
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9791221307382 ● File size 3.5 MB ● Publisher GAEditori ● Published 2022 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8327003 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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