A Serious Proposal To the Ladies, For the Advancement of their true and greatest Interest
| Title | A Serious Proposal To the Ladies, For the Advancement of their true and greatest Interest |
| Year for Search | 1694 |
| Authors | [Astell], [Mary](1668-1731) |
| Tertiary Authors | Lover of Her Sex, A [pseud] |
| Date Published | 1694 |
| Publisher | Ptd. for K. Wilkin |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Female author |
| Annotation | Eutopia. An essay suggesting the establishment of an institution where women would be able to live and work independently of men. See also her non-utopian A Serious Proposal to the Ladies. Part II: Wherein a Method is offer'd for the Improvement of their Minds. London: Ptd. for Richard Wilkin, 1697. Rpt. in A Serious Proposal To the Ladies (New York: Source Book Press, 1970), 45-162; and in A Serious Proposal to the Ladies Parts I & II. Ed. Patricia Springborg (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 67-196. |
| Additional Publishers | 4th ed of 1701 rpt. without the subtitle (New York: Source Book Press, 1970), 1-43; and in A Serious Proposal to the Ladies Parts I & II. Ed. Patricia Springborg (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3-65. [2nd ed. enl.] as A Serious Proposal to the Ladies Parts I and II. Ed. Patricia Springborg (Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Literary Texts, 2002), 49-126. |
| Pseudonym | By A Lover of Her Sex [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | HRC, L, PSt |
| Author Note | (1668-1731) |
| Full Text | 1694 [Astell, Mary] (1668-1731). A Serious Proposal To the Ladies, For the Advancement of their true and greatest Interest. By A Lover of Her Sex [pseud.]. London: Ptd. for K. Wilkin. 4th ed of 1701 rpt. without the subtitle (New York: Source Book Press, 1970), 1-43; and in A Serious Proposal to the Ladies Parts I & II. Ed. Patricia Springborg (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3-65. [2nd ed. enl.] as A Serious Proposal to the Ladies Parts I and II. Ed. Patricia Springborg (Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Literary Texts, 2002), 49-126. HRC, L, PSt Eutopia. An essay suggesting the establishment of an institution (she calls it a “Monastery” or a “Religious Retirement”) where women would be able to live and work independently of men. See also her non-utopian A Serious Proposal to the Ladies. Part II: Wherein a Method is offer’d for the Improvement of their Minds. London: Ptd. for Richard Wilkin, 1697. Rpt. in A Serious Proposal To the Ladies (New York: Source Book Press, 1970), 45-162; and in A Serious Proposal to the Ladies Parts I & II. Ed. Patricia Springborg (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 67-196. Female author. |
