Fiona Ritchie analyses the significant role played by women in the construction of Shakespeare's reputation which took place in the eighteenth century. The period's perception of Shakespeare as ...

Although Charles VI wanted his eldest daughter to reign, he did not prepare her for the role. Why is the eighteenth century considered the most feminist century before the twentieth? In the eighteenth ...

Kord's book provides a fresh look at some of this fascinating literature, and at the roles and attitudes of the lower classes and of women in the Art world of the day. It also advances a revolutionary ...