Description |
x, 219 p. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index. |
Contents |
"Dreading to engage her" : the critical reception of Mary Astell / William Kolbrener and Michal Michelson -- Mary Astell, religion, and feminism : texts in motion / Sharon Achinstein -- Mary Astell, A serious proposal to the ladies (1694), and the Anglican reformation of manners in late-seventeenth-century England / Hannah Smith -- Astell's "design of friendship" in letters and A serious proposal, part 1 / William Kolbrener -- Mary Astell and John Locke / Mark Goldie -- Mary Astell's law of the heart / Corrinne Harol -- Religious nonconformity and the problem of dissent in the works of Aphra Behn and Mary Astell / Melinda Zook -- "Great in humilitie" : a consideration of Mary Astell's poetry / Claire Pickard -- "Tis better that I endure" : Mary Astell's exclusion of equity / Ann Jessie Van Sant -- Mary Astell on the causation of sensation / Eileen O'Neill -- Astell, Cartesian ethics, and the critique of custom / Jacqueline Broad -- Are you experienced? : Astell, Locke, and education / E. Derek Taylor -- "Cry up liberty" : the political context for Mary Astell's feminism / Hilda L. Smith. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Astell, Mary, 1668-1731 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Astell, Mary, 1668-1731 -- Political and social views.
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Astell, Mary, 1668-1731 -- Religion.
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Feminism -- Great Britain -- History.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Kolbrener, William.
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Michelson, Michal, 1954-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
0754652645 (alk. paper) |
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9780754652649 (alk. paper) |
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