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Serious Proposal to the Ladies (Broadview Literary Texts): Parts I and II (Broadview Editions) - Softcover
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“Springborg’s explanatory annotations as well as her knowledgeable exposition of Astell’s philosophical positions make available again these landmark texts.” — Ruth Perry, MIT|Mary Astell’s A Serious Proposal to the Ladies is one of the most important and neglected works advocating the establishment of women’s academies. Its reception was so controversial that Astell responded with a lengthy sequel, also in this volume. The cause of great notoriety, Astell’s Proposal was imitated by Defoe in his “An Academy for Women,” parodied in the Tatler, satirized on the stage, plagiarized by Bishop Berkeley, and later mocked by Gilbert and Sullivan in Princess Ida.
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Patricia Springborg teaches political theory in the Department of Government, University of Sydney. She is the editor of Astell: Political Writings.
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Mary Astell's A Serious Proposal to the Ladies is one of the most important and neglected works advocating the establishment of women's academies. Its reception was so controversial that Astell responded with a lengthy sequel, also in this volume. The cause of great notoriety, Astell's Proposal was imitated by Defoe in his "An Academy for Women," parodied in the Tatler, satirized on the stage, plagiarized by Bishop Berkeley, and later mocked by Gilbert and Sullivan in Princess Ida.
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- PublisherBroadview Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1551113066
- ISBN 13 9781551113067
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages304
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