Educating the female child: debates from the Scottish periodical press in Enlightenment Scotland, 1750–1800

Brown, R. (2019) Educating the female child: debates from the Scottish periodical press in Enlightenment Scotland, 1750–1800. In: Dunnigan, S. and Lai, S.-F. (eds.) The Land of Story-Books: Scottish Children's Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century. Series: Occasional papers (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) (23). Scottish Literature International: Glasgow, pp. 1-19. ISBN 9781908980298

Abstract

This article examines attitudes to female education in the Scottish periodical press in the latter half of the eighteenth century. It focuses on the plans for female education by Lord Buchan in The Bee, as well as on the depiction of learned women during the late Enlightenment period.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Brown, Dr Rhona
• Authors: Brown, R.
• Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General); P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History
• College/School: College of Arts > School of Critical Studies > Scottish Literature
• Publisher: Scottish Literature International
• ISBN: 9781908980298

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