Gothic writing, slavery and radical women in late eighteenth-century Bristol

Mulvey-Roberts, Marie

Abstract

Bristol has been recognised as a centre of radicalism, yet its association with three of the most important female radicals of the 1790s, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Robinson and Mary Hays remains obscure. The city’s links between Gothic buildings, slavery and women writers of the revolutionary and Romantic period also extend to the more conservative Jane Austen. This talk marks the publication of Literary Bristol: Writers and the City (with chapters on Gothic and Romantic Bristol) and is the first book to encompass Bristol’s rich literary heritage.

• Presentation Conference Type: Presentation / Talk
• Conference Name: Regional History Centre Lecture
• Start Date: Sep 17, 2015
• End Date: Sep 17, 2015
• Deposit Date: Apr 30, 2024
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11930332