A colonial woman's bookshelf
By: Kevin J. Hayes.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Women -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 17th century.; Women -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Description: Despite major advances in women's history, literary history, and the history of the book, the intellectual life of women in colonial America has been a largely neglected area of scholarship. Kevin J. Hayes draws upon an impressive array of primary materials to describe in detail the kinds of books these women read and the reasons why they read them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Reading women; title: Devotional books; title: Conduct books; title: Housewifery, physick, midwifery; title: Facts and fictions; title: Science books.