Research Catalog

Title

Seventeenth century mothers' advice books / by Marsha Urban.

Author

Urban, Marsha.

Publication

New York : Palgrave Macmillian, 2006.

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Description

206 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"While the domestic sphere dominated the lives of seventeenth-century English women, the authors of mother's advice books used their roles as mothers to enter the public arena of publication. This work is a sourcebook of the genre including popular mother's advice books, historical and cultural information of the period, and an edition of a previously unknown mother's advice book Age Rectified. While early mother's advice books focus on lessons of piety, self-sacrifice, and chastity for women, Age Rectified adviser mothers to rear their children to become rational and caring adults who will care for their aged mothers. Since Age Rectified was attributed to "one of the same sex," textual evidence and biographical information form the basis of the authorship argument for the unnamed author of Age Rectified, Lady Anne Brockman."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• One of the same sex, approximately 1658- > Age rectified
• English prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism
• English prose literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
• Mothers in literature
• Women and literature > England > History > 17th century
• Conduct of life in literature
• Didactic literature, English > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Mothers, wives, widows, and mother's advice books of the seventeenth century -- 2. The author and the text -- 3. Age Rectified - the edition.

ISBN

1403970661 (cloth)

LCCN

2005055292

OCLC

• 62408814
• ocm62408814
• SCSB-5226127

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries