With a strong opening chapter called "The Situation of Women in Eighteenth-Century England" Rogers sets the historical and social background before exploring how the larger movements of rationalism, sentimentalism, and radicalism supported some moderate progress in liberating women during this period. The "feminine novel" is explored. There is an excellent appendix of short bios of women writers in Britain1660-1800. University of Illinois Press. 1982. Hb. No jacket. Light sun-bleaching. USED. $15.00