The Bluestocking Circle – as a new paradigm of collective collaboration

• Authors: Górnik Dorota
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article explores the phenomenon of the Bluestocking literary society that came into being in the second half of the eighteenth century. Founded by wealthy and independently minded philanthropists, the literary discussion club grew into an important network of intellectuals who managed to enhance the female visibility in the public realm and played an important role in the combating gender stereotypes. In times when women were relegated to the domestic spheres and men engaged themselves in hot-headed political disputation those literary receptions provided not only a welcome distraction but also grew into a new paradigm of social intercourse. The article also investigates the rise, development and decline of the Bluestocking circle, through a close analysis of the lives and works of three women Elizabeth Vesey, Elizabeth Montague and Elizabeth carter, who made the corpus of the group.

PL

Niniejszy artykuł zgłębia fenomenśrodowiska literackiego noszącego angielską nazwę Bluestocking, które powstało w drugiej połowie osiemnastego wieku. Założony przez zamożne i światłe filantropki, literacki klub dyskusyjny przekształcił się w sieć wpływowych intelektualistów, którzy zdołali wzmocnić pozycje kobiet w przestrzeni publicznej oraz odegrali zasadniczą rolę w walce ze stereotypami dotyczącymi płci. W czasach, kiedy rola kobiety ograniczała się do sfery domowej, a mężczyźni angażowali się w gorączkowe spory polityczne, te literackie spotkania stanowiły nie tylko mile widzianą odskocznię ale także przerodziły się w nowy paradygmat stosunków społecznych. Artykuł przedstawia również powstanie, rozwój i upadek towarzystwa Bluestocking poprzez gruntownąanalizę biografii oraz dzieł trzech kobiet: Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Vesey i Elizabeth Carter, które stanowiły korpus tej grupy.

Keywords

EN

the Bluestocking society; educational movement; Elizabeth Montagu; Elizabeth Vesey; Elizabeth Carter; network of intellectuals

PL

towarzystwo Bluestocking; ruch edukacyjny; sieć intelektualistów; Elizabeth Montagu; Elizabeth Vesey; Elizabeth Carter

• Publisher: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Chełmie
• Journal: Language. Culture. Politics. International Journal
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 1/2018
• Pages: 123-137

Contributors

author

Górnik Dorota

• Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Chełmie

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