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- Title
UNSEXED SOULS: NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AS TRANSFORMATION IN ELIZA HAYWOOD'S FEMALE SPECTATOR.
- Authors
Girten, Kristin M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the 18th-century book on social conduct, "The Female Spectator," by Eliza Haywood. Haywood's recommendations of the practice of natural philosophy as contained within "The Female Spectator" are examined, noting that they were written in response to correspondence attributed to a reader identified as "Philo-Naturæ." The importance of natural philosophy within the realm of women's education in Great Britain in the 17th and 18th centuries is noted, mentioning that it was seen as a way that women could be edified and entertained while simultaneously fulfilling their duties as women.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; FEMALE Spectator, The (Book); HAYWOOD, Eliza Fowler, ca. 1693-1756; PHYSICS; GENDER role in literature; EIGHTEENTH century; MANNERS &; customs
- Publication
Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2009, Vol 43, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
0013-2586
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ecs.0.0086