Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), an English writer and an adherent of positivist philosophy, was one of the most widely admired writers of her day.Harriet Martineau was born in Norwich on June 12, 1802....
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Harriet Martineau (1802-1874), the "founding mother of sociology", was the daughter of an English textile manufacturer who lost his business during a depression in 1825 and died in 1826. Martineau sup...
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A writer of eclectic interests and limitless enthusiasms, Harriet Martineau was a novelist, political economist, journalist, travel writer, essayist, historian, translator, editor, and autobiographer....
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Harriet Martineau's "somewhat remarkable" life, her controversial books and essays, and her strongly held convictions on such diverse matters as slavery, woman's rights, farming, medicine, and religio...
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Harriet Martineau exhibited remarkable intellectual precocity, discovering John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667) at age seven. Beginning with her study of Malthusian political economy at age fourteen and...
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In her autobiography Harriet Martineau states emphatically that authorship was never "a matter of choice" for her. She wrote not "for amusement, or for money, or for fame, or for any reason but becaus...
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A woman of keen intellect and prodigious energy, Harriet Martineau transformed the nature of travel writing, making it into an investigative tool of the social sciences, a branch of study in which the...
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In the obituary she wrote for herself, Harriet Martineau claimed that her powers as a writer derived merely from "earnestness and intellectual clearness within a certain range," that she had "small im...
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In the following essay, Pichanick examines Martineau's views on women's place in society and the home as well as her advice on how women should achieve equality in every area of life.
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In the following essay, Logan considers Martineau's tour of the United States and the inspiration it provided for a body of work about repression and slavery.
The accident of my arriving in ...
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In the following essay, Myers examines the connection between Martineau's private life and her writings.
“We have very little of correctly detailed domestic history, the most valuable...
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In the following excerpt, Thomas analyzes Martineau's fiction.
Illustrations of Political Economy
The utilitarian philosophy which offered the “greatest happiness of the greatest numb...
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In the following excerpt, Williams comments on the economic themes in Martineau's work.
Harriet Martineau's Illustrations of Political Economy grew out of turbulent times:
The year...
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In the following essay, Postlethwaite considers the impact Martineau's illness and her relationship with her mother had on her writing.
On the surface, Harriet Martineau's life (1802-...
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In the following essay, Broughton examines what Martineau's Autobiography reveals about Victorian beliefs on death and the practice of autobiography.
In her Autobiography, Harriet Martineau ...
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In the following essay, Hobart examines portions of Martineau's works that deal with economics and capitalism in England.
In her celebrated Autobiography, Harriet Martineau traces the real b...
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In the following excerpt, Hunter discusses Martineau's social criticism, including Society in America.
Landscape and Politics: Society in America
Society in America is Harriet Martineau�...
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In the following essay, Winter examines to what extent some of Martineau's works can be considered ethnographic studies.
No one seriously doubts that teaching is educational only in as far a...
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In the following excerpt, Smith evaluates Harriet Martineau 's autobiography and discusses elements specific to Victorian autobiography.
I fully expect that both you and I shalloccasionally...
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Today is Sunday, June 3, the 154th day of 2007. There are 211 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward White became the first American to "walk" in space...
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Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau
Critical Essay by Valerie Kossew Pichanick
Today in history - June 3
