Sökning: "eighteenth century literature"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 39 avhandlingar innehållade orden eighteenth century literature.
1. The Order and the Archive : Freemasonic Archival Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Sammanfattning : This study explores how eighteenth-century European Masons created archives, and how these archives in turn created Masons. It is an exploration of how a masonic archival culture was formed, and how different ideas, hopes, and anxieties were co-produced along with the records and manuscripts kept by masonic associations. LÄS MER
2. Vice in the Service of Virtue: John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Sammanfattning : Originally published in two volumes in 1748-9, John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (or Fanny Hill) has long been an underground classic. Because of this underground status, and the prejudicial treatment of literary pornography, Memoirs has never been thoroughly investigated. LÄS MER
3. Vittra fruntimmer : Författarroll och retorik hos frihetstidens kvinnliga författare
Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with Swedish women writers during the so called Age of Liberty (1720–1772). A total of 141 female authors of printed texts are presented, the majority unmentioned in earlier research. LÄS MER
4. Komediant och riksförrädare : Handskriftcirkulerade smädeskrifter mot Gustaf III
Sammanfattning : The opposition against Gustavus III (1746–1792) had limited access to the printing press, but managed to spread a variety of political pamphlets through clandestine manuscripts. The main purpose of the dissertation is to analyse this communication and thereby enhance our understanding of the political culture of the period. LÄS MER
5. Min allrabästa och ömmaste vän! Kvinnors brevskrivning under svenskt 1700-tal
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of women's letter-writing in eighteenth-century Sweden. The letters are written by a number of women from the uppper classes (nobility and bourgeoisie) during the last two decades of the eighteenth century. The majority of the letters are written in Swedish, some however in French. LÄS MER