| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Re-reading the canon
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Re-reading the canon.
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| Summary |
"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Astell, Mary, 1666-1731.
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Astell, Mary, 1666-1731. |
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Feminist theory.
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Feminist theory. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Feminist theory. |
| Added Author |
Sowaal, Alice, 1969- editor.
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Weiss, Penny A., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Feminist interpretations of Mary Astell. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016] 9780271071244 (DLC) 2016008738 (OCoLC)929122990 |
| ISBN |
9780271077604 electronic book |
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0271077603 electronic book |
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9780271071244 |
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0271071249 |
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9780271071251 |
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0271071257 |
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