Feminist interpretations of Mary Astell / edited by Alice Sowaal and Penny A. Weiss

"A collection of essays on the early modern English writer, proto-feminist, and rhetorician Mary Astell. Includes discussions on human nature, equality, rationality, power, freedom, friendship, marriage, and education"--Provided by publisher

Bibliogr. p. 207-2017

Locations and legacies : reading Mary Astell and re-reading the canon / Penny A. Weiss -- Mary Astell and the virtues / Jacqueline Broad -- Mary Astell's account of feminine self-esteem / Kathleen A. Ahearn -- Mary Astell and the development of vice : pride, courtship, and the woman's human nature question / Alice Sowaal -- Custom, freedom, and equality : Mary Astell on marriage and women's education / Karen Detlefsen -- Further reflections upon marriage : Mary Astell and Sarah Chapone / Susan Paterson Glover -- Mary Astell : some reflections upon trauma / Elizabeth Hedrick Moser -- "From the throne to every private family?" : Mary Astell as analyst of power / Penny A. Weiss -- Mary Astell's feminism : a rhetorical perspective / Christine Mason Sutherland -- Mary Astell on the existence and nature of God / Marcy P. Lascano -- The emerging picture of Mary Astell's views / Alice Sowaal