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Essays in defence of the female sex : custom, education and authority in seventeenth- century England /

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 d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: D'Amore, Manuela
Otros Autores: Lardy, Michèle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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, Judith Drake's and Eugenia's most renowned tracts sheds light on women's difficult path towards emancipat.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 292 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-283) and index.
ISBN:9781443864848
1443864846