Thesis
Thanks for that elegant defense
- Alternative title:
- polemical prose and poetry by women in the early eighteenth century
- Abstract:
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The end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth saw many women writers from numerous social ranks, political affiliations and religious denominations reading, writing, circulating and publishing polemical prose and poetry in defence of their sex. During this surge of protofeminist activity, many of these women decried 'Customs Tyranny' by advocating a more egalitarian status for themselves, especially in regard to marriage, education and religion. This thes...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2000
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Source identifiers:
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602363209
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602363209
- Deposit date:
- 2013-06-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Mills, Rebecca May
- Copyright date:
- 2000
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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