Virtuous necessity: conduct literature and the making of the virtuous woman in early modern England
While many scholars find the early modern triad of virtues for women—silence, chastity, and obedience—to be straightforward and nonnegotiable, Jessica C. Murphy demonstrates that these virtues were by no means as direct and inflexible as they might seem. Drawing on the literature of the period—from...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Murphy, Jessica C.
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| Format: | Print
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| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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| Published: |
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Press
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Murphy, Jessica C., Virtuous Necessity: Conduct Literature and the Making of the Virtuous Woman in Early Modern England] (2016) (Farnsworth, Jane)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Early Modern English
/ Literature
/ Woman (Motif)
/ Virtue (Motif)
/ Manner of living (Motif)
/ History 1500-1700
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England
/ Etiquette books
/ Manners
/ Woman
/ History 1500-1700
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Literature
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Frau <Motiv>
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England
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Tugend <Motiv>
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English literature / History and criticism / Early modern, 1500-1700
Women and literature / England / History
Women / England / Conduct of life
Conduct of life in literature
Virtue in literature
Social values in literature
Women in literature
Didactic literature, English / History and criticism
Conduct of life in literature
Didactic literature, English
Early modern / English literature
Social values in literature
Virtue in literature
Women and literature
Women / Conduct of life
England / Women in literature / History / Criticism, interpretation, etc
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English literature Early modern, 1500-1700
History and criticism
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Conduct of life in literature
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Manners
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Etiquette books
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Early Modern English
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Women in literature
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History 1500-1700
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Women and literature (England)
History
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Women (England)
Conduct of life
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Didactic literature, English
History and criticism
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Lebensführung <Motiv>
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Virtue in literature
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Woman
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Social values in literature
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