Renaissance Woman: A Sourcebook : Constructions of Femininity in England

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Kate Aughterson
Psychology Press, 1995 - 316 σελίδες

Renaissance Woman: A Sourcebook is an invaluable collection of accounts of women and femininity in early modern England. The volume is divided thematically into nine sections, each with an accessible introduction, notes on sources and an annotated bibliography. The sections are:
* Theology
* Biology
* Conduct
* Sexuality and Motherhood
* Politics and Law
* Education
* Work
* Writing and Speaking
* Feminism
Renaissance Woman: A Sourcebook brings together sources ranging from medical documents and political pamphlets to sermons and the Bible, as well as literary sources. Providing a historical context to issues of gender in the Renasissance, it will be essential reading for students of the period, gender studies and cultural history.

 

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Introduction
1
PHYSIOLOGY
41
John Rainoldes The overthrow of stage plays
77
Richard Brathwait The English gentlewoman
84
Banabe Rich My ladys looking glass
95
Elizabeth Grymestone Miscelanea meditations memoratives
114
Sarah Jinner An almanac
127
POLITICS AND
133
Robert Filmer Patriarcha
161
WORK
193
WRITING AND SPEAKING
229
PROTOFEMINISMS
261
Notes
291
Select secondary bibliography
299
Index
307
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Kate Aughterson teaches English at the University of Central England, specialising in feminism and the Renaissance.

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