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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 ag...

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Main Author: Urban, Marsha (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Psychology.
British and Irish Literature.
Clinical Psychology.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Gender Studies.
Literature, general.
British literature.
Clinical psychology.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature, Modern.
Literature.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 206 pages 2 illustrations)
ISBN:9781403977069
DOI:10.1057/9781403977069