The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives by Sarah Chapone

Herausgeber: Glover, Susan Paterson

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Produktbeschreibung

Susan Paterson Glover here presents a critical edition of the first printed work by an English woman writer, Sarah Chapone, on the inequity of the common law regime for married women. The text is bookended by an extended, original introduction, and a set of appendices providing supplemental historical documents relating to Chapone's life and work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2018
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781409450771
• ISBN-10: 1409450775
• Artikelnr.: 44750858

Autorenporträt

Susan Paterson Glover is Associate Professor of English at Laurentian University, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on the Texts
A Note on the Spelling of Chapone
Facsimile title-page
Introduction
The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives. With an Explanation
of the Original Curse of Subjection passed upon the Woman. In an Humble
Address to the Legislature.
Appendix One: Responses from the Weekly Miscellany (1736, 1737)
Appendix Two: Excerpts from The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights (1632),
Baron and Feme: A Treatise of the Common Law. Concerning Husbands and Wives
(1700), and The Treatise of Feme Coverts; or, The Lady's Law (1732)
Appendix Three: Excerpts from the Sarah Chapone-Samuel Richardson
correspondence
Appendix Four: Remarks on Mrs. Muilman's Letter to the Right Honourable The
Earl of Chesterfield (1750) [by Sarah Chapone]
Bibliography