Women, beauty and power in early modern England : a feminist literary history

Edith Snook (Author)

ISBN 9780230282858 · inb., ISBN 0230282857 · inb.

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Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

x, 230 p.

Edith Snook

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Bibliography, Non-fiction literature

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Mary Wroth, ca 1586-ca 1640, Margaret Cavendish Newcastle, 1623-1673, Anne Clifford, 1590-1676, Elizabeth Jocelin, 1596-1623, Aphra Behn, 1640-1689, Litteraturvetenskap--Storbritannien--1500-talet--1600-talet, Författare, Skönhetsideal, English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism., English literature--Women authors--History and criticism., Beauty, Personal, in literature., Women in literature., Women--England--Intellectual life., Engelska kvinnliga författare--historia--1500-talet--1600-talet--1700-talet, Kvinnor i litteraturen, Skönhetsideal i litteraturen, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, Engels, Vrouwen

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Summary

"Divided into three sections on cosmetics, clothes and hairstyling, this book explores how early modern women regarded beauty culture and in what waysskin, clothes and hair could be used to represent racial, class and gender identities, and to convey political, religious and philosophical ideals"--

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART ONE: COSMETICS -- 'The Beautifying Part of Physic': Women's Cosmetic Practices in Early Modern England -- 'Soveraigne Receipts,' Fair Beauty, and Race in Stuart England -- PART TWO: CLOTHES -- The Greatness in Good Clothes: Fashioning Subjectivity in Mary Wroth's Urania and Margaret Spencer's Account Book -- What Not to Wear: Children's Clothes and the Maternal Advice of Elizabeth Jocelin and Brilliana, Lady Harley -- PART THREE: HAIR -- The Culture of the Head: Hair in Mary Wroth's Urania and Margaret Cavendish's 'Assaulted and Pursued Chastity' -- An 'absolute mistress of her self': Anne Clifford and the Luxury of Hair -- Conclusion -- Index.