Catharine Macaulay : The ‘Female Historian’ in Context

This essay examines the writing and reception of English historian Catharine Macaulay (1731–1791), looking particularly at the ways in which her publications established and changed the use of the phrases “female historian” and “fair historian” across the eighteenth century in Great Britain. Investi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Devoney Looser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2010-04-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/666