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Andrew Eliot (1718–1778) was one of the most prominent Boston leaders in the second half of the eighteenth century. As minister of one of the city’s biggest churches, his was an important political as well as religious voice into the earliest years of the American War for Independence. But Eliot has often been neglected or misunderstood. In this first full biography, John S. Oakes draws on multiple sources to offer a fresh portrait of the Boston minister as: • a moderate but orthodox Calvinist who maintained a consistent witness at a time of theological turmoil • a prosperous family man who helped the lay the foundations for future generations of Eliots among the Boston “Brahmin”...
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A consolidated index to biographical sketches in current and retrospective biographical dictionaries.
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The Routledge Companion to Literature and Feminism brings unique literary, critical, and historical perspectives to the relationship between women’s writing and women’s rights in British contexts from the late eighteenth century to the present. Thematically organised around five central concepts—Rights, Networks, Bodies, Production, and Activism—the Companion tracks vital questions and debates, offering fresh perspectives on changing priorities and enduring continuities in relation to women’s ongoing struggle for liberty and equality. This groundbreaking collection brings into focus the historical and cultural conditions which have shaped the formation of British literary feminisms...