Feminist Interpretations of Mary Astell /

Feminist Interpretations of Mary Astell / / ed. by Alice Sowaal, Penny A. Weiss.

Often referred to as a proto-feminist, early modern English philosopher and rhetorician Mary Astell was a pious supporter of monarchy who wrote about gender equality at a time when society tightly constrained female agency. This diverse collection of essays situates her ideas in feminist, historical...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
MitwirkendeR:
Ahearn, Kathleen A.,
Broad, Jacqueline,
Detlefsen, Karen,
Glover, Susan Paterson,
Lascano, Marcy P.,
Moser, Elisabeth Hedrick,
Sowaal, Alice,
Sutherland, Christine Mason,
Tuana, Nancy,
Weiss, Penny A.,
HerausgeberIn:
Sowaal, Alice,
Weiss, Penny A.,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2016
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Re-Reading the Canon
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Locations and Legacies
  • 2 Mary Astell and the Virtues
  • 3 Mary Astell's Account of Feminine Self-Esteem
  • 4 Mary Astell and the Development of Vice
  • 5 Custom, Freedom, and Equality
  • 6 Further Reflections upon Marriage
  • 7 Mary Astell
  • 8 "From the Throne to Every Private Family"
  • 9 Mary Astell's Feminism
  • 10 Mary Astell on the Existence and Nature of God
  • 11 The Emerging Picture of Mary Astell's Views
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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