Elizabeth Craven: New Edition of Her Works
Elizabeth Craven from a drawing published in 1804. Elizabeth Craven is an important feminist writer of the late Georgian period whose works are not easy to access. Some of the best have never been reprinted. Others were written in French and have never before been translated into English. This new edition with introduction and explanatory notes, includes a complete translation of one of her best and most entertaining plays, The Modern Philosopher . Title page of the original edition It also includes Letters to Her Son, a book in which she protested against unfair laws of marriage, and Verses on the Siege of Gibraltar, an example of her satirical writing. The Modern Philosopher and Other Works by Elizabeth Craven, translated and edited by Julia Gasper. Published by Cambridge Scholars Press, 2017. http://www.cambridgescholars.com/the-modern-philosop...