The mother's legacy in early modern England
By: by Jennifer Heller
Series: Women and gender in the early modern world; Women and gender in the early modern world
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781409411086; 9781409411093
Subjects: Mothers in literature; Conduct of life in literature; English prose literature; History and criticism; Women authors; Women and literature; English Didactic literature; History
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of North Carolina at Chapel HIll, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the birth of a genre; title: Education and the early modern mother; title: Generating maternal authority; title: Early modern sons and daughters; title: Religion and reform, 1603-1623; title: Obedience and toleration, 1630-1676; title: Deathbed legacies; title: Conclusion: gender, genre, and legacy.