Women in the eighteenth century : constructions of femininity /

Complementing the current upsurge in feminist writing on the eighteenth century, and giving students the chance to make their own rereadings of texts, this anthology gathers together a range of materials from conduct manuals to medical texts.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Jones, Vivien, 1952-
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1990.
Series:	World and word series
Subjects:	Börngen. Geschichte 1700-1800. Women > Great Britain > History > Sources. Women > Great Britain > Literary collections. Écrits de femmes anglais. Femmes > Angleterre > Conditions sociales. Littérature et société > Angleterre. Women. Anthologie Englisch Frau > Motiv Frauenbild Literatur Quelle Vrouwen. Sociale situatie. Mulher E Feminismo. Historia Da Europa. Feminism > History > 18th century > Sources. Women > History > 19th century > Sources. Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siècle. Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siècle > Sources. Femmes > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle. Femmes > Dans la littérature. Frau Great Britain. Großbritannien Englisch. Literature. History. Literary collections. Sources.

Table of Contents:

Conduct. from The lady's New-Year's gift, or, Advice to a daughter / George Savile, Marquis of Halifax
from Letters moral and entertaining, in prose and verse / [Elizabeth Singer Rowe]
from A letter of genteel and moral advice to a young lady / Wetenhall Wilkes
from Familiar letters on important occasions / Samuel Richardson
from The female spectator, Vol. 1, Book 1 / [Eliza Haywood]
from A father's legacy to his daughters / John Gregory
from Thoughts on the education of daughters : with reflections on female conduct, in the more important duties of life / Mary Wollstonecraft.
Sexuality. from Love given o're, or, A satyr against the pride, lust, and inconstancy / [Robert Gould]
from A modest defence of public stews, or, An essay upon whoring / 'Colonel Harry Mordaunt' [Bernard Mandeville]
from Some considerations upon street-walkers with a proposal for lessening the present number of them / Daniel Defoe
from The female rake, or, Modern fine lady : an epistle from Libertina to Sylvia / [Joseph Dorman]
from The present state of matrimony, or, the Real causes of conjugal infidelity and unhappy marriages / 'Philogamus'
from The pleasures of conjugal love explained : in an essay concerning human generation / A physician
from The ladies dispensatory, or, Every woman her own physician
from A medicinal dictionary / R. James M.D.
from An account of the rise, progress, and present state of the Magdalen Hospital, for the reception of penitent prostitutes : together with Dr. Dodd's sermons
'Practitioner in midwifery', from The pupil of nature, or Candid advice to the fair sex / Martha Mears.
Education. from Treatise on the education of daughters / Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénélon, trans. Rev. T.F. Dibdin,
from Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady / Hester Chapone
from Essays moral and literary / Vicesimus Knox
from Thoughts on the education of daughters : with reflections on female conduct, in the more important duties of life / Mary Wollstonecraft
from Letters on education / Catherine Macaulay Graham
from Plans of education; with remarks on the systems of other writers / Clara Reeve
from Letters on the female mind, its powers and pursuits : addressed to Miss H.M. Williams, with particular reference to her letters from France / Laetitia Matilda Hawkins
from Reflections on the present condition of the female sex : with suggestions for its improvement / Priscilla Wakefield
from Strictures on the modern system of female education / Hannah More.
Writing. Self-images. from Poems on several occasions. Written by Philomela / [Elizabeth Singer Rowe]
from Essays upon several subjects in prose and verse / Mary Chudleigh
from The adventures of Rivella, or, The history of the writer of Atalantis / [Mary] Delarivière Manley
from Lasselia, or, The self-abandon'd : a novel / Eliza Haywood
from The woman's labour : an epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck in answer to his late poem, called The thresher's labour / Mary Collier
from A letter to such of the servants of Christ, who may have any scruple about the lawfulness of printing any thing written by a woman / 'A.D.' [Anne Dutton]
from An apology for the conduct of Mrs. Teresia Constantia Phillips more particularly that part of it which relates to her marriage with an eminent Dutch merchant / Teresia Constantia Phillips
from A narrative of the life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke / Charlotte Charke
from Works / Susanna Centlivre.
Writing. Public images. from The feminiad : a poem / John Duncombe
from Monthly review, 18
from Critical review, 13
from Monthly review, 20
from Sermons to young women / James Fordyce
from Critical review, 27
from Monthly review, 48
from Monthly review, 48
from The female advocate : a poem : occasioned by reading Mr. Duncombe's Feminead / Mary Scott
from The progress of romance / Clara Reeve
from The unsex'd females : a poem / Richard Polwhele.
Feminisms. from A serious proposal to the ladies, for the advancement of their true and greatest interest / Mary Astell
from An essay in defence of the female sex
from The hardships of the English laws in relation to wives
'Sophia', from Beauty's triumph, or, The superiority of the fair sex invincibly proved, 1751 ; Part one, Woman not inferior to man, 1739
from Appeal to the men of Great Britain in behalf of the women / Mary Hays
from A letter to the women of England, on the injustice of mental subordination / 'Anne Frances Randall' [Mary Robinson].

Women in the eighteenth century : constructions of femininity /

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