Mental Improvement
In the final decades of the eighteenth century, a small group of women were particularly prominent as writers of educational books for women. Priscilla Wakefield was one of them, active 1770-1832 in England, Britain, Europe. Mental Improvement presents Wakefield's lessons for young people on a wide variety of topics, from whaling and seashells to painting on glass and the origin of navigation, are presented in fictional conversations of an eighteenth-century family.
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Mental Improvement
In the final decades of the eighteenth century, a small group of women were particularly prominent as writers of educational books for women. Priscilla Wakefield was one of them, active 1770-1832 in England, Britain, Europe. Mental Improvement presents Wakefield's lessons for young people on a wide variety of topics, from whaling and seashells to painting on glass and the origin of navigation, are presented in fictional conversations of an eighteenth-century family.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780937191514 |
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Publisher: | Michigan State University Press |
Publication date: | 06/30/1995 |
Series: | Early Women Writers Series , #4 |
Pages: | 171 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d) |
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