Seventeenth-Century Mother’s Advice Books
Author | : M. Urban |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2006-02-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781403977069 |
ISBN-13 | : 1403977062 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Download or read book Seventeenth-Century Mother’s Advice Books written by M. Urban and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-02-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advice books published by women were a popular genre in Seventeenth and early Eighteenth-century England and they were moral manuals with strong religious overtones. Here, Urban highlights a notable exception: Age Rectified, which counsels women to acquire a 'disposition of mind' in old age which allows them to be accepted by younger generations.