Material Enlightenment
Women Writers and the Science of Mind, 1770-1830
1st Edition
Published on 21. October 2018
288 pages
978-1-78744-330-3 (ISBN)
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A methodologically innovative account of the role of women writers in the development of early psychological theory and practice in the long eighteenth century.
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Content
Introduction
'Things Themselves': Anna Letitia Barbauld's Lessons and Hymns
Honora Edgeworth and the 'experimental science' of education
Profession and occlusion: Hannah More's 'vital Christianity'
Clearing out the 'rubbish': Elizabeth Hamilton's domestic philosophy
'The spirit of industry': Maria Edgeworth's object lessons
Afterword
Bibliography
'Things Themselves': Anna Letitia Barbauld's Lessons and Hymns
Honora Edgeworth and the 'experimental science' of education
Profession and occlusion: Hannah More's 'vital Christianity'
Clearing out the 'rubbish': Elizabeth Hamilton's domestic philosophy
'The spirit of industry': Maria Edgeworth's object lessons
Afterword
Bibliography
