The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760. Myra Reynolds
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Myra Reynolds
The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066216696
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I LEARNED LADIES IN ENGLAND BEFORE 1650
2. Period of Henry VIII and Elizabeth
4. Schools for Girls before 1660
CHAPTER II LEARNED LADIES IN ENGLAND FROM 1650 TO 1760
1. An Introductory Group in the Years 1650-1675
2. The Century following the Restoration
CHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS ON WOMEN IN SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE
CHAPTER V SATIRIC REPRESENTATIONS OF THE LEARNED LADY IN COMEDY
I. The Learned Lady as a Comic Type
II. The Novel-Reading Girl as a Comic Type
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Lady Jane Grey | Frontispiece |
| The Family of Sir Thomas More | 10 |
| Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke | 22 |
| Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery | 32 |
| Mary Ward | 38 |
| Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle From Horace Walpole's Royal and Noble Authors | 46 |
| Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle From The Lives of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, and of his Wife, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle | 52 |
| Mrs. Katherine Philips | 56 |
| Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson and her Son | 70 |
| Lady Fanshawe | 74 |
| Mrs. Anne Killigrew | 86 |
| Mrs. Aphra Behn | 130 |
| Elizabeth Elstob | 170 |
| The Supposed Editors of The Female Spectator, by Mrs. Eliza Haywood | 216 |
| Miss Elizabeth Carter | 256 |
| Mrs. Bathsua Makin | 276 |
THE LEARNED LADY IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER I LEARNED LADIES IN ENGLAND BEFORE 1650
1. Prefatory Statement
The theme to which this volume is specifically limited is the position and achievements of learned women in England in the period between 1650