Mary Astell : reason, gender, faith / edited by William Kolbrener and Michal Michelson.

Other author Kolbrener, William.
Other author Michelson, Michal, 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Descriptionx, 219 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.
LCCN 2006005233
ISBN0754652645 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780754652649 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1595.A78 M36 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold