Virtuous necessity : conduct literature and the making of the virtuous woman in early modern England /

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"While many scholars find the early modern triad of virtues for women--silence, chastity, and obedience--to be straightforward and nonnegotiable, Jessica C. Murphy demonstrates that these virtues were by no means as direct and inflexible as they might seem. Drawing on the literature of the peri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murphy, Jessica (Jessica C.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]
Temas:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History.
Women > England > Conduct of life.
Conduct of life in literature.
Virtue in literature.
Social values in literature.
Women in literature.
Didactic literature, English > History and criticism.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire.
Femmes > Angleterre > Morale pratique.
Morale pratique dans la littérature.
Vertus dans la littérature.
Valeurs sociales dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Littérature didactique anglaise > Histoire et critique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Conduct of life in literature
Didactic literature, English
English literature > Early modern
Social values in literature
Virtue in literature
Women and literature
Women > Conduct of life
Women in literature
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Paradox of Chastity
  • " Honest Government": Feminine Virtue's Network of Influence in Early Modern England
  • Contradiction and Counter-Magic: Advice to Women on Shakespeare's Stage
  • Virtue in Early Modern Women's Advice
  • "Advice to the Ladies of London": Feminine Virtue in English Broadside Ballads
  • Epilogue.

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