1st Edition
Educational and Vocational Books Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part One, Volume 5
By Frances Teague
Copyright 2001
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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From the beginning of the seventeenth century, English society started to become preoccupied with education and how people acquired it. It is all the more surprising, then, that there should be relatively few early modern texts by Englishwomen devoted to the question of how one should learn. The four texts printed here are principally concerned with language and arithemetic. One of the reasons... Read more
Contents: Introductory Note; Anna Maria van Schurman, The Learned Maid; Bathsua Reginald Makin, An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen; Advice to the Women and Maidens of London; Triumphs of Female Wit in Some Pindarick Odes, or The Emulation.
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Frances Teague
