The Mother's Legacy in Early Modern England

The Mother's Legacy in Early Modern England
ISBN-10
1409411087
ISBN-13
9781409411086
Series
The Mother's Legacy in Early Modern England
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
2011-01-01
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Author
Jennifer Louise Heller

Description

Reading twenty printed and manuscript texts composed between 1575 and 1672, Heller defines the genre of the mother's legacy as a distinct branch of the advice tradition in early modern England. Attending to cultural, social and historical trends, Heller explores how legacy writers used the genre to secure personal and family status, to shape their children's beliefs and behaviors, and to intervene in the period's religious and political debates.

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