{"product_id":"millenium-hall-paperback","title":"Millenium Hall - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGary Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"With this splendid edition Gary Kelly has recovered a central document of Enlightenment British feminism.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Walmsley, McMaster University\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1750 at the age of twenty-seven Sarah Scott published her first novel, a conventional romance. A year later she left her husband after only a few months of marriage and devoted herself thereafter to writing and to promoting such causes as the creation of secular and separatist female communities. This revolutionary concept was given flesh in \u003cem\u003eMillenium Hall\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1762 and generally thought to be the finest of her six novels. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The text may be seen as the manifesto of the 'bluestocking' movement--the protean feminism that arose under eighteenth-century gentry capitalism (originating in 1750, largely under the impetus of Scott's sister Elizabeth Montagu), and that rejected a world which early feminists saw symbolized in the black silk stockings demanded by formal society. It is a comment on Western society as well as on the strengths of Scott's novel that the message of Millenium Hall continues to resonate strongly more than two centuries later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGary Kelly\u003c\/strong\u003e is Chair of the Department of English at the University of Keele. His many works include \u003cem\u003eRevolutionary Feminism: The Mind and Career of Mary Wollstonecraft\u003c\/em\u003e (Macmillan, 1992). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152547713159,"sku":"9781551110158","price":47.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/48e91cf70790dfadd9f97ac35b0a331f.webp?v=1733215145","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/millenium-hall-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}