John jee, Yes, your conspicous absense from the 'Heartache' thread was acutely felt. The 'marathon' did however go ahead all the same! You mention one prominent name in the feminit literary corpus produced by female English writers: Marry Wollestoncraft. Many of her successors were later to use her book as an early and critical manual in the feminist discourse. There's then her predecessor - another fiery Restoration extraordinnaire in the form of Aphra Behn who wrote plays, many controversial because of their decidedly 'feminist' overtone, though the word 'feminist' had not even appeared in the dictionary during when she wrote those plays! Oh, Wollestoncraft's daughter, Marry (the creator of the Frankenstein monster) was famously married to Shelley - another Oxonian and the Romantic genius. I devour his poetry. John thanks for sharing the info. Pse do keep them coming and have nice weekend. Carpe diem.