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Mary Astell's *A Serious Proposal to the Ladies* is one of the most important and neglected works advocating the establishment of women's academies. Its reception was so controversial that Astell responded with a lengthy sequel, also in this volume. The cause of great notoriety, Astell's Proposal was imitated by Defoe in his "An Academy for Women," parodied in the Tatler, satirized on the stage, plagiarized by Bishop Berkeley, and later mocked by Gilbert and Sullivan in Princess Ida. (Publisher description, 2002 edition. From amazon.com page.)

Author

Mary Astell

Publisher

London ; Brookfield, Vt., USA: Pickering & Chatto

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781851962686

Subjects

Sociology, History, Gender Studies