Gender, Religion, and Radicalism in the Long Eighteenth Century: The 'Ingenious Quaker' and Her ConnectionsThrough analysis of the life and writings of eighteenth-century Quaker artist and author Mary Knowles, Judith Jennings uncovers concrete but complex examples of how gender functioned in family, social, and public contexts during the Georgian Age. Knowles's story, including her bold confrontation of Samuel Johnson and public dispute with James Boswell, serves as a lens through which to view larger connections, such as the social transformation of English Quakers, changing concepts of gender and the transmission of radical political ideology during the era of the American and French revolutions. Further, Jennings offers a more nuanced view of the participation of "middling" women in radical politics through an examination of Knowles's theological beliefs, social networks and political opinions at a time when the American and French Revolutions reshaped political ideology. By analyzing Mary Knowles's connections-both male and female-Jennings contributes new understanding about how sociability operated, encompassing women and men of various faiths and ethnic origins. |
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... Georgian art in the Royal Collection. According to Bernard and Therle Hughes, British art experts, two pieces in that exhibition stood out as exceptional. Both were needle paintings, a new form developed in the late eighteenth century ...
... Georgian art in the Royal Collection. According to Bernard and Therle Hughes, British art experts, two pieces in that exhibition stood out as exceptional. Both were needle paintings, a new form developed in the late eighteenth century ...
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... Georgian England, most notably Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. Because she confronted Johnson about his views on women and Quakers, and defied Boswell's presentation of her, her story provides new insights into these much studied men ...
... Georgian England, most notably Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. Because she confronted Johnson about his views on women and Quakers, and defied Boswell's presentation of her, her story provides new insights into these much studied men ...
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... Georgian Age are often eclipsed by the fervor of the founding Friends and the good works of the respectable reformers of Victorian times . Examining the life story of Mary Morris Knowles and her connections , not only to fellow Friends ...
... Georgian Age are often eclipsed by the fervor of the founding Friends and the good works of the respectable reformers of Victorian times . Examining the life story of Mary Morris Knowles and her connections , not only to fellow Friends ...
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... Georgian Age.8 This set of connections is, however, sometimes elusive for Quakers, like Knowles. As religious scholar Rosemary Moore observed, by the late seventeenth century, most Quakers stopped expressing radical political opinions ...
... Georgian Age.8 This set of connections is, however, sometimes elusive for Quakers, like Knowles. As religious scholar Rosemary Moore observed, by the late seventeenth century, most Quakers stopped expressing radical political opinions ...
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... Georgian Age. Drawing on a range of resources and interdisciplinary concepts, this study is constructed as a double-layered narrative. One layer traces the life story of Mary Morris Knowles, while the other uses her story as a lens to ...
... Georgian Age. Drawing on a range of resources and interdisciplinary concepts, this study is constructed as a double-layered narrative. One layer traces the life story of Mary Morris Knowles, while the other uses her story as a lens to ...
Contents
Matrimony Monarchy and Fame | |
Confronting Samuel Johnson | |
Revolutionary Politics and Literary Skirmishes | |
Defying James Boswell | |
The French Revolution and a New Note | |
Help Me To Pray | |
Conclusion | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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