Feminist Interpretations of Mary Astell edited by Alice Sowaal and Penny A. Weiss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weiss, Penny A., editor.

Sowaal, Alice, 1969- editor.

Series:

Re-reading the canon.

Re-reading the canon

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astell, Mary, 1668-1731.

Feminist theory.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 229 pages).

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A collection of essays on the early modern English writer, proto-feminist, and rhetorician Mary Astell. Includes discussions on human nature, equality, rationality, power, freedom, friendship, marriage, and education"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Locations and legacies : reading Mary Astell and re-reading the canon / Penny A. Weiss

Mary Astell and the virtues / Jacqueline Broad

Mary Astell's account of feminine self-esteem / Kathleen A. Ahearn

Mary Astell and the development of vice : pride, courtship, and the woman's human nature question / Alice Sowaal

Custom, freedom, and equality : Mary Astell on marriage and women's education / Karen Detlefsen

Further reflections upon marriage : Mary Astell and Sarah Chapone / Susan Paterson Glover

Mary Astell : some reflections upon trauma / Elizabeth Hedrick Moser

"From the throne to every private family?" : Mary Astell as analyst of power / Penny A. Weiss

Mary Astell's feminism : a rhetorical perspective / Christine Mason Sutherland

Mary Astell on the existence and nature of God / Marcy P. Lascano

The emerging picture of Mary Astell's views / Alice Sowaal.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271077604

0271077603

OCLC:

949276358