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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.