Educational and Vocational Books : Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part One, Volume 5
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0754602133
ISBN-13
9780754602132
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 27th, 2001
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192 Pages
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430 grams
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Literary essaysAnthologies (non-poetry)
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This volume includes women's writing about education, particularly with regard to language and arithmetic - works which are surprisingly few and late. Some early modern authors cautioned teachers that girls might succumb to pride if they knew much, but the learned girl was often celebrated.
From the beginning of the seventeenth century, English society started to become preoccupied with education and how people acquired it. It is all the more surprising, then, that there should be relatively few early modern texts by Englishwomen devoted to the question of how one should learn. The four texts printed here are principally concerned with language and arithemetic. One of the reasons for the paucity of such writings is that many commentators viewed women''s ability to write as a threat to social stability. The education of women was at best ad hoc. A few attended dame schools, and the wealthy could afford private tutors. Among her own family and friends, however, the individual learned girl was often celebrated, and instances of formal praise act as forewords to some of the texts printed in this volume.
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