Their Fathers' Daughters : Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, and Patriarchal Complicity

Current feminist theory has developed powerful explanations for some women writers' rebellion against patriarchy. But other women writers did not rebel; rather, they supported and celebrated patriarchy. Examining the lives and selected works of two late eighteenth-century writers, Hannah More and Maria Edgeworth, this book explores what it means for a woman writer to identify with her father and the patriarchal tradition he represents. Kowaleski-Wallace exposes the psychological, social, and historical factors that motivated such an identification, and reveals the consequences that result from being a "daddy's girl." CONTENTS......Page 14 1 Their Fathers' Daughters: An Introduction......Page 18 2 Milton's Bogey Reconsidered......Page 42 3 Hannah and Her Sister: Women and Evangelicalism......Page 71 An Introduction to Maria Edgeworth......Page 110 4 Home Economics: Domestic Ideology in Belinda......Page 124 5 Good Housekeeping: The Politics of Anglo-Irish Ascendancy......Page 153 6 Monstrous Daughters: The Problem of Maternal Inheritance......Page 188 7 Coda: Charlotte Bronte and Milton's Cook......Page 213 NOTES......Page 224 D......Page 246 G......Page 247 M......Page 248 U......Page 249 Y......Page 250 Through an examination of the lives and selected works of two 18th-century writers, this study attempts to discover why these women identified so strongly with their fathers, whose conservative, patriarchal views advocated the repression of democracy and freedom of speech. This study addresses what it means for a woman writer to identify strongly with her father by examining two late 18th century writers, Hannah More and Maria Edgeworth