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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Main Author: Murphy, Jessica (Jessica C.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women in literature.
Women > Conduct of life.
Women and literature.
Virtue in literature.
Social values in literature.
English literature > Early modern.
Didactic literature, English.
Conduct of life in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Litterature didactique anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Valeurs sociales dans la litterature.
Vertus dans la litterature.
Morale pratique dans la litterature.
Femmes > Angleterre > Morale pratique.
Femmes et litterature > Angleterre > Histoire.
Didactic literature, English > History and criticism.
Women > England > Conduct of life.
Women and literature > England > History.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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