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The importance of study for women and by women: Hannah More’s defence of female education as the path to their patriotic contribution

dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-20T10:36:47Z
dc.date.available2020-08-20T10:36:47Z
dc.date.issued2013-10
dc.description.abstractIn the late eighteenth century we observe an intense debate regarding female education, an issue that generated great controversy and discomfort in society, as it threatened the long-established patterns of women’s inferiority which confined them to the domestic and private sphere. One of such writers was Hannah More who, though not defying the status quo, does claim for a more comprehensive education for women. The writer in question was a prominent literary figure of this period and her fame is not confined solely to her time; on the contrary, Hannah More is one of the authoresses of the eighteenth century who has known a renewed interest by modern readers. One of her works in particular illustrates her disappointment regarding the inadequate female education which she considered to be the source of many flaws, mistakes and imperfections traditionally associated with most women’s behaviour. More’s Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education, with a View of the Principle and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune (1799) stresses the importance of study for women and by women, since it was the only way they could ascend spiritually and promote the harmony in their proper, private sphere, that is, the domus.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationRodrigues, P. (2013). The importance of study for women and by women: Hannah More’s defence of female education as the path to their patriotic contribution. In Studies in Classicism and Romanticism, 2, FLUP|CETAPS, 56-64.pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn978-989-8648-11-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/3037
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherFLUP|CETAPSpt_PT
dc.subjecteighteenth centurypt_PT
dc.subjectfemale educationpt_PT
dc.subjectHannah Morept_PT
dc.titleThe importance of study for women and by women: Hannah More’s defence of female education as the path to their patriotic contributionpt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlacePorto, FLUP | CETAPSpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage64pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage56pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleStudies in Classicism and Romanticismpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume2pt_PT
person.familyNameRodrigues
person.givenNamePatricia
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person.identifier.ridJ-7350-2017
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