The cultural identity of seventeenth-century woman : a reader /
In this anthology, N.H. Keeble illustrates both the historical circumstances of women's lives in the seventeenth century and the cultural notions of 'woman' which prevailed then. Includes over 200 extracts from books, diaries, letters, pamphlets.
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1994
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; IN THE BEGINNING: MALE AND FEMALE; BODY; SEXUALITY; MIND AND SOUL; BEAUTY; VICES; VIRTUES; MARRIAGE, ADULTERY AND DIVORCE; WIFELY DUTIES; MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; HOUSECRAFT, STATECRAFT AND PRIESTCRAFT; MIDWIFERY AND WET-NURSING; MISTRESS AND MUSE; CROSS-DRESSING; WIDOWHOOD, CELIBACY AND FEMALE FRIENDSHIP; AUTHORSHIP; 'TYRANT CUSTOM, WHY MUST WE OBEY'?; Bibliography; Index.
