"Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman" examines six centuries of conduct manuals and other instructive writing, analyzing the history of gendered expectations that have been debated in print from the fourteenth century and continue to influence our present thinking about women's roles and abilities.
"Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman" examines six centuries of conduct manuals and other instructive writing, analyzing the history of gendered expectations that have been debated in print from the fourteenth century and continue to influence our present thinking about women's roles and abilities.
Tabitha Kenlon has a PhD in English. Her research concentrates on representations of women and the manipulation of genre in fiction, nonfiction and drama, with a focus on eighteenth-century Britain.
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Acknowledgements Explanatory Note Introduction: Woman as She Should Be 1. A Good Woman Is a Godly Woman, Obviously 2. Conduct for Those Who Are Not Queen 3. Look but Don't Talk: Reflections of the Ideal 4. Playing the Part as Nature Intended 5. Victoria's Angels 6. Suff rage, Little Wives and Career Girls 7. Feminism Changes Everything, Right? Right?? Coda: An Ideal End References Index.
Acknowledgements Explanatory Note Introduction: Woman as She Should Be 1. A Good Woman Is a Godly Woman, Obviously 2. Conduct for Those Who Are Not Queen 3. Look but Don't Talk: Reflections of the Ideal 4. Playing the Part as Nature Intended 5. Victoria's Angels 6. Suff rage, Little Wives and Career Girls 7. Feminism Changes Everything, Right? Right?? Coda: An Ideal End References Index.
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