ISBN:
9780809338276
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 219 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Studies in rhetorics and feminisms
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Davis, Elizabeth Tasker, 1962- Wit, virtue, and emotion
DDC:
305.420941
Keywords:
Geschichte 1600-1800
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Women Social conditions
;
Feminism and rhetoric
;
Women Language
;
English language Rhetoric
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History
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English wit and humor
;
Virtue in literature
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Emotions in literature
;
Enlightenment
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Frau
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Rhetorik
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Tugend
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Great Britain Intellectual life 18th century
;
England
Abstract:
A revolution in mood : emblems, embodiment, and ephemera -- On the stage : dramatized women's rhetoric -- In sociable venues : clubs, salons, and debating societies -- On the page : written rhetoric and arguments about education.
Abstract:
"Author Elizabeth Tasker Davis demonstrates in this comprehensive study how wit, virtue, and fine feeling built upon each other in overlapping, gendered appeals for women's rights and capabilities in the late seventeenth to the late eighteenth century"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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