Texts from the Querelle 1641-1701 (2): Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III, Part Two
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1-28-2007
Abstract
The querelle des femmes was a debate over the condition of women in society lasting four centuries and characteristically involved charges against female vice, folly, corruption, incontinence and lasciviousness, countered by pro-women defences and lists of exemplary women. The texts in these two volumes range from broadside parliamentary petitions to verse satire, from sermons to philosophical essays, from political diatribes to marital advice. The defences all respond to attacks on women, and although none argues for women's citizenship or social equality, many claim an original or spiritual equality, and blame custom and male corruption for female subjection. The volumes are arranged into five sections covering Politics, Preaching and Silence, Sexuality, Marriage and Two Contrapuntal Defences.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Texts from the Querelle 1641-1701 (2): Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III, Part Two, Routledge, 360 p.
Scholar Commons Citation
Runge, Laura, "Texts from the Querelle 1641-1701 (2): Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III, Part Two" (2007). English Faculty Publications. 78.
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