Essays in defence of the female sex : custom, education and authority in seventeenth-century England / by Manuela D' Amore and Michèle Lardy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Amore, Manuela, author.

Lardy, Michèle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class women--England--History--17th century.

Middle class women.

Women--Education--England--History--17th century.

Women.

Feminism and education--England--History--17th century.

Feminism and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Essays in defence of the female sex : custom, education and authority in 17th century England

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Letters, diaries, memoirs, conduct books and early feminist pamphlets: Essays in Defence of the Female Sex: Custom, Education, and Authority in Seventeenth-Century England is a two-part, text-based volume on the pivotal figures and most distinctive, sometimes contradictory, aspects of the querelle des femmes in Stuart England. Background information is given through male and especially female-authored sources, while the close analysis of [Hanna Woolley]'s, Bathsua Makin's, Marry Astell's, ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; A NOTE ON EDITORIAL POLICY; PART I - FROM TEXTS TO CONTEXT; CHAPTER I - "THE ENGLISH GENTLEWOMAN, DRAWNE OUT TO THE FULL BODY" ; CHAPTER II - ""HAD GOD INTENDED WOMEN ONELY AS A FINER SORT OF CATTLE HE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THEM REASONABLE""; PART II - FROM CONTEXT TO TEXTS; CHAPTER III - BEYOND ""MODESTY AND HANDSOME DECORUM""; CHAPTER IV - ""TO ASK TOO MUCH IS THE WAY TO BE DENIED ALL""; CHAPTER V - AT THE ROOTS OF WOMEN'S ""FOLLY""; CHAPTER VI - SHARING ""THE BURTHEN OF VICE WITH THE MEN""

CHAPTER VII - ON THE EVE OF ENLIGHTENMENTCONCLUSION; APPENDICES; TEXTUAL SOURCES; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-283) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4438-6484-6

OCLC:

884726205