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Material enlightenment : women writers and the science of mind, 1770-1830 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wharton, Joanna (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press in association with British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2018.
Series:Studies in the eighteenth century,
Subjects:
Philosophy of mind > History > 18th century.
Philosophy of mind > History > 19th century.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
HISTORY > Modern > 18th Century.
English literature > Women authors.
Philosophy of mind.
1700-1899
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. 'Things themselves': Anna Letitia Barbauld's Lessons and Hymns
  • 2. Honora Edgewirth and the 'experimental science' of education
  • 3. Profession and occlusion: Hannah More's 'vital Christianity'
  • 4. Clearing out the 'rubbish': Elizabeth Hamilton's domestic philosophy
  • 5. 'The spirit of industry': maria Edgeworth's object lessons
  • Afterword.