A mother's love; crafting feminine virtue in enlightenment France.9780838756850 A mother's love; crafting feminine virtue in enlightenment France. Walker, Lesley H. Bucknell University Bucknell University (bŭknĕl`), at Lewisburg, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1846 as the Univ. of Lewisburg. Its present name was adopted in 1886. Bucknell has a college of arts and sciences and a college of engineering. Pr. 2008 251 pages $52.50 Hardcover The Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture HQ759 Rewriting re·write v. re·wrote , re·writ·ten , re·writ·ing, re·writes v.tr. 1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise. 2. social relations in terms of greater equality was an important but overlooked effort of Enlightenment thought, argues Walker (French and world language studies, Indiana U.-South Bend). As a case study, she chronicles the emergence of an idealized i·de·al·ize v. i·de·al·ized, i·de·al·iz·ing, i·de·al·iz·es v.tr. 1. To regard as ideal. 2. To make or envision as ideal. v.intr. 1. mother figure whose reforming zeal sought to make French society more equitable and just. In novels, paintings, and scientific and historical essays, she finds a depiction of female agency, a power that only a mother could wield wield tr.v. wield·ed, wield·ing, wields 1. To handle (a weapon or tool, for example) with skill and ease. 2. To exercise (authority or influence, for example) effectively. See Synonyms at handle. . Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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