Devoney Looser is Professor of English, Department of English, Arizona State University. She is author of Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750–1850 (2008) and British Women Writers and the Writing of History, 1670–1820 (2000), co-editor of Generations: Academic Feminists in Dialogue (1997) and editor of Jane Austen and Discourses of Feminism (1995).

'A welcome addition to the excellent Cambridge Companions series, this collection of clearly written essays is both interesting and informative, and fills a scholarly void.' L. J. Larson, Choice

• Chronology; Introduction; 1. Poetry Stephen C. Behrendt; 2. Fiction Anthony Mandal; 3. Drama Catherine Burroughs; 4. Essays and political writing Anne Mellor; 5. The gothic Angela Wright; 6. Travel writing Elizabeth A. Fay; 7. History writing and antiquarianism Crystal Lake; 8. Writing in wartime Catherine Ingrassia; 9. Enlightenment feminism and the bluestocking legacy Caroline Franklin; 10. The global context Deirdre Coleman; 11. Social, familial, and literary networks Julie A. Carlson; 12. The economics of female authorship Jacqueline M. Labbe; 13. Age and aging Devoney Looser; 14. National identities and regional affiliations Fiona Price; 15. Sexualities Jillian Heydt-Stevenson; Guide to further reading.

Devoney Looser is Professor of English, Department of English, Arizona State University. She is author of Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750–1850 (2008) and British Women Writers and the Writing of History, 1670–1820 (2000), co-editor of Generations: Academic Feminists in Dialogue (1997) and editor of Jane Austen and Discourses of Feminism (1995).

'A welcome addition to the excellent Cambridge Companions series, this collection of clearly written essays is both interesting and informative, and fills a scholarly void.' L. J. Larson, Choice

• Chronology; Introduction; 1. Poetry Stephen C. Behrendt; 2. Fiction Anthony Mandal; 3. Drama Catherine Burroughs; 4. Essays and political writing Anne Mellor; 5. The gothic Angela Wright; 6. Travel writing Elizabeth A. Fay; 7. History writing and antiquarianism Crystal Lake; 8. Writing in wartime Catherine Ingrassia; 9. Enlightenment feminism and the bluestocking legacy Caroline Franklin; 10. The global context Deirdre Coleman; 11. Social, familial, and literary networks Julie A. Carlson; 12. The economics of female authorship Jacqueline M. Labbe; 13. Age and aging Devoney Looser; 14. National identities and regional affiliations Fiona Price; 15. Sexualities Jillian Heydt-Stevenson; Guide to further reading.

Devoney Looser is Professor of English, Department of English, Arizona State University. She is author of Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750–1850 (2008) and British Women Writers and the Writing of History, 1670–1820 (2000), co-editor of Generations: Academic Feminists in Dialogue (1997) and editor of Jane Austen and Discourses of Feminism (1995).

'A welcome addition to the excellent Cambridge Companions series, this collection of clearly written essays is both interesting and informative, and fills a scholarly void.' L. J. Larson, Choice

• Chronology; Introduction; 1. Poetry Stephen C. Behrendt; 2. Fiction Anthony Mandal; 3. Drama Catherine Burroughs; 4. Essays and political writing Anne Mellor; 5. The gothic Angela Wright; 6. Travel writing Elizabeth A. Fay; 7. History writing and antiquarianism Crystal Lake; 8. Writing in wartime Catherine Ingrassia; 9. Enlightenment feminism and the bluestocking legacy Caroline Franklin; 10. The global context Deirdre Coleman; 11. Social, familial, and literary networks Julie A. Carlson; 12. The economics of female authorship Jacqueline M. Labbe; 13. Age and aging Devoney Looser; 14. National identities and regional affiliations Fiona Price; 15. Sexualities Jillian Heydt-Stevenson; Guide to further reading.