1st Edition
Women in the Eighteenth Century Constructions of Femininity
Edited By Vivien Jones
Copyright 1990
270 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This anthology gathers together various texts by and about women, ranging from `conduct' manuals to pamphlets on prostitution, from medical texts to critical definitions of women's writing, from anti-female satires to appeals for female equality. By making this material more widely available, Women in the Eighteenth Century complements the current upsurge in feminist writing on eighteenth-century literary history and offers students the opportunity to make their own rereadings of literary texts and their ideological contexts.
Introduction 1 Conduct 1.1 George Savile, Marquis of Halifax, from The Lady’s New-Year’s Gift: or, Advice to a Daughter, 1688 1.2 [Elizabeth Singer Rowe], from Letters Moral and Entertaining, in Prose and Verse, 1728; 3rd edn 1735 1.3 Wetenhall Wilkes, from A Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady, 1740; 8th edn 1766 1.4 Samuel Richardson, from Familiar Letters on Important Occasions, 1741 1.5 [Eliza Haywood], from The Female Spectator, Vol. I, Book I, 1744 1.6 John Gregory, from A Father’s Legacy to his Daughters, 1774 1.7 Mary Wollstonecraft, from Thoughts on the Education of Daughters: with Reflections on Female Conduct, in the more important Duties of Life, 1788 54 2 Sexuality 3 Education 4 Writing 5 Feminisms
Biography
Vivien Jones
` ... until now there has been little chance for non-specialists to engage with the full breadth of political, medical, educational, and other work about women. Vivien Jones's anthology fills the gap admirably, bringing together well-chosen extracts from a variety of sources.' - Journal of Gender Studies
`John Ayto's The Glutton's Glossary takes the palm...entertaining and recondite information about food and drink terms.'
'This is both a useful and an enlightening anthology.`
`... until now there has been little chance for non-specialists to engage with the full breadth of political, medical, educational, and other work about women. Vivien Jones's anthology fills the gap admirably, bringing together well-chosen extracts from a variety of sources.' - Journal of Gender Studies
