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The first English feminist : reflections upon marriage and other writings / by Mary Astell ; edited and introduced by Bridget Hill.
LIBRA HQ1599.E5 A88 1986
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Astell, Mary, 1666-1731.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--England--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Women--Education.
- Marriage.
- England.
- Social conditions.
- Marriage--England.
- Women--Education--England.
- Women--Religious life.
- Women--Social conditions.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (Storage copy)
- Physical Description:
- vii, 235 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1986.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Mary Astell's published works
- Part I. Women, men and marriage. Reflections upon marriage, 1706
- Part II. An education for women. A serious proposal to the ladies, part I, 1696. Excerpts from A serious proposal to the ladies, part II, 1967
- Part III. Love and friendship, faith and reason. Excerpts from A collections of poems, 1689. Excerpts from Letters concerning the love of God, 1695. Excerpts from The Christian religion, 1705
- Part IV. Polemic : religious and political. A fair way with the dissenters, 1704. Excerpts from Moderation truly stated, 1704. Excerpts from An inpartial enquiry into the causes of rebellion and civil war, 1704
- Part V. Epilogue. Mary Astell's preface to the Embassy letters of lady Mary Wortley Montague, 1724 & 1725.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-62).
- ISBN:
- 0312292325
- 9780312292324
- OCLC:
- 13185716
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