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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... young metropolitan Quakers had abandoned their beliefs to follow fashion , according to one famous observer . François Voltaire described London Friends in the first four of his Letters Concerning the English Nation , published in 1733 ...
... young metropolitan Quakers had abandoned their beliefs to follow fashion , according to one famous observer . François Voltaire described London Friends in the first four of his Letters Concerning the English Nation , published in 1733 ...
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... young but seems to have provided well for his family. Quaker registers record the death of Moses Morris at age "37 and one halfe," sometime between 1739 and 1741.23 Although the emotional cost may have been great, the family remained ...
... young but seems to have provided well for his family. Quaker registers record the death of Moses Morris at age "37 and one halfe," sometime between 1739 and 1741.23 Although the emotional cost may have been great, the family remained ...
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... young woman, for example, she formed a lasting friendship with Anna Seward, the daughter of an Anglican cleric in Lichfield. Morris and Seward most likely met in Lichfield, seven miles from Rugeley. As a lively provincial center ...
... young woman, for example, she formed a lasting friendship with Anna Seward, the daughter of an Anglican cleric in Lichfield. Morris and Seward most likely met in Lichfield, seven miles from Rugeley. As a lively provincial center ...
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... young woman, Morris "was stiled the beauty of Staffordshire."36 In repeating this information, Seward seems to have approved her friend's countywide reputation based on her physical appearance. While Morris may not have intentionally ...
... young woman, Morris "was stiled the beauty of Staffordshire."36 In repeating this information, Seward seems to have approved her friend's countywide reputation based on her physical appearance. While Morris may not have intentionally ...
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... young Lavinia" lived, like Morris, "with her widow'd mother ... in a cottage far retir'd." Moreover, Lavinia possessed "A native grace" whose "loveliness / Needs not the foreign aid of ornament."49 Morris's reputation as a beauty ...
... young Lavinia" lived, like Morris, "with her widow'd mother ... in a cottage far retir'd." Moreover, Lavinia possessed "A native grace" whose "loveliness / Needs not the foreign aid of ornament."49 Morris's reputation as a beauty ...
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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