Jane Duran

Queenly Philosophers

Renaissance Women Aristocrats as Platonic Guardians

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Produktbeschreibung

Much recent work has been done on Plato's notion of the female Guardian, but examples are limited. Jane Duran argues that aristocratic women of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are indeed exemplary and embody the concept of Guardianship.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 631g
• ISBN-13: 9781498541367
• ISBN-10: 1498541364
• Artikelnr.: 48693130

Autorenporträt

By Jane Duran

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments PART ONE: The Guardian Question Chapter One:
Philosopher Queens PART TWO: Theology and Philosophy Chapter Two: The
1500's as a Time of Change Chapter Three: Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess
of Pembroke Chapter Four: Katherine Parr, Queen Consort Chapter Five:
Elizabeth I PART THREE: Science and Philosophy Chapter Six: The 1600's and
Intellectual Ferment Chapter Seven: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of
Newcastle Chapter Eight: Aphra Behn and the Aristocratic Circle PART FOUR:
Commitments and Philosophers Chapter Nine: The Aristocratic Guardians
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