Feminist Interpretations of Mary Astell /

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"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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Weiss, Penny A. (Editor), Sowaal, Alice, 1969- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Astell, Mary > 1668-1731
Astell, Mary, > 1666-1731
Astell, Mary, > 1668-1731.
Astell, Mary, > 1666-1731.
Feminismus
Feminist theory.
PHILOSOPHY > Criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Theorie feministe.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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