The Learned Lady in England 1650-1760
by Myra Reynolds
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About this eBook
- Author
- Reynolds, Myra, 1853-1936
- Title
- The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760
- Credits
- Produced by Clarity, John Campbell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- CT: History: Biography
- Subject
- Women authors, English
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49867
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49867
- Release Date
- September 3, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE LEARNED LADY IN ENGLAND 1650-1760
- 2.CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS — CHAPTER I LEARNED LADIES IN ENGLAND BEFORE 1650 — 1. Prefatory Statement — 2. Period of Henry VIII and Elizabeth — 3. Period from 1603 to 1650 — 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 — Actresses — Artists — Authors — General Learning and Literary Work — CHAPTER III EDUCATION — 1. Boarding-Schools for Girls — 2. Charity Schools — 3. Higher Education — 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 — SUMMARY — BIBLIOGRAPHY — I. BOOKS BY WOMEN BEFORE 1760 — II. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY — INDEX — FOOTNOTES:
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