Author: Wetenhall WILKESPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A letter of genteel and moral advice to a young lady. In which is digested, into a new and familiar method, a system of rules, and informations, to qualify the fair sex to be useful and happy in every state ... The third edition
Author: Wetenhall WILKESThe Modern Philosopher, Letters to Her Son and Verses on the Siege of Gibraltar, by Elizabeth Craven
Author: Julia GasperPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527512959
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
This book offers a modern edition of three fascinating and important works by Elizabeth Craven (1750-1828), an English author who lived for many years on the Continent. Craven is mainly remembered for her scandalous personal life, but deserves more serious attention. She was influenced by Enlightenment ideas and took a broad interest in the events of her time. The Modern Philosopher (1790) is a satire on the egalitarian theories of the French Revolution. The intellectual Longinius advocates equality in theory as perfectly logical, but is dismayed when his household put it into practice. Its love-plot has a happy ending. Written originally in French, it is here translated for the first time. Letters to Her Son (1784) is a book of advice on marriage that should be regarded as a pioneering feminist text. Craven boldly denounces the tyranny of husbands, the oppressive laws of the institution of marriage, and the fact that women were categorized as “a second sort of beings”. She condemns the law that gave a husband custody of the children after divorce, even if he had been violent or unfaithful. She looks forward to replacing all that with a model of marriage in which the partners are equal companions and seek happiness rather than dominance. Verses on the Siege of Gibraltar (1785) is a satirical poem concerning the battle for Gibraltar which was besieged by the French and Spanish during the American War of Independence. Military vanity, heroic posturing and weird contraptions all serve as targets for her biting wit and artful mockery. Put together, these three works demonstrate Craven’s versatility as a writer and startling modernity.
The Politics of Sensibility
Author: Markman EllisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521604277
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The sentimental novel has long been noted for its liberal and humanitarian interests, but also for its predilection for refined feeling, the privilege it accords emotion over reason, and its preference for the private over the public sphere. In The Politics of Sensibility, however, Markman Ellis argues that sentimental fiction also consciously participated in some of the most keenly contested public controversies of the late eighteenth century, including the emergence of anti-slavery opinion, discourse on the morality of commerce, and the movement for the reformation of prostitutes. By investigating the significance of political material in the fictional text, and by exploring the ways in which the novels themselves take part in historical disputes, Ellis shows that the sentimental novel was a political tool of considerable cultural significance.
The Eighteenth Century
Author: The General Evening Post
Author: A Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady: Being a System of Rules and Informations ; Digested Into a New and Familiar Method, to Qualify the Fair Sex to be Useful, and Happy in Every Scene of Life. By the Revd Mr. Wetenhall Wilkes .. The Fifth Edition. Carefully Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged, by the Author
Author: Wetenhall WilkesA Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady
Author: Wetenhall WilkesPublisher:
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady: Being a System of Rules and Informations ; Digested Into a New and Familiar Method, to Qualify the Fair Sex to be Useful and Happy in Every Scene of Life
Author: Wetenhall WilkesA Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady
Author: Wetenhall WilkesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Author: Walter Wilkes