Millennium Hall

(Author) Sarah Scott
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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 Millenium Hall, first published in 1762 and generally thought to be the finest of her six novels. 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.

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Publisher:
Broadview Press
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
257
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781551110158
Publish year:
1995
Publish date:
Oct. 30, 1995

Sarah Scott

Sarah Scott was an 18th-century English novelist known for her most famous work, "A Description of Millenium Hall." Her writing style combined social commentary with a focus on female empowerment and education. Scott's contributions to literature include challenging traditional gender norms and advocating for women's rights through her novels.

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