Seventeenth Century Mothers' Advice Books

Informationen zum Autor MARSHA URBAN is Tutor Co-ordinator at the University of Nevada-Reno, USA. Klappentext Advice books published by women were a popular genre in Seventeenth and early Eighteenth-century England and they were moral manuals with strong religious overtones. Here, Urban highlights a notable exception: Age Rectified, which counsels women to acquire a 'disposition of mind' in old age which allows them to be accepted by younger generations. Zusammenfassung Advice books published by women were a popular genre in Seventeenth and early Eighteenth-century England and they were moral manuals with strong religious overtones. Here! Urban highlights a notable exception: Age Rectified! which counsels women to acquire a 'disposition of mind' in old age which allows them to be accepted by younger generations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Cultural and Historical Elements: Prominent Themes Mother, Wife, and Mistress: Women's Identity Lady Anne Brockman: Author? Age Rectified: The Printed Text and Manuscript

Product details

• Authors: M Urban, M. Urban, Marsha Urban
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.2006
• EAN: 9781403970664
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7066-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; B, Gender Studies, Literature, Sociology, Clinical psychology, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Gender studies, gender groups, Literature, general, European Literature, Biography, Literature & Literary studies, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, identity;stress;women