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Works

A Serious Proposal to the Ladies
by Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (Editor)
Broadview Press, 2002.
Patricia Springborg presents a wonderful scholarly edition
of both Parts I and II of Mary Astell's important work on
the necessity of women's education. Carefully annotated, with
a thorough introduction and supplementary materials, nobody
interested in the study of Early Modern woman writers should
be without it.

Letters Concerning the Love of God
by Mary Astell and John Norris;
E. Derek Taylor and Melvin New (Editors)
Ashgate, 2005.
This is a critical and annotated edition of the letters
between Astell and John Norris, first published in 1695.
Contains an extensive introduction and great annotations,
as well as an 'Appendix' of ancillary materials, including
Norris' response to Locke's ideas and Astell's attack on
Locke in the 2nd Edition of The Christian Religion. Indispensable to the study of Mary Astell.

Astell: Political Writings
by Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (Editor)
Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Patricia Springborg's edition includes Astell's
political treatises Reflections upon Marriage,
A Fair Way with the Dissenters, and An Impartial
Enquiry into the Causes of Rebellion with in-depth
annotations. Included are also an enlightening
introduction, a chronology of Astell's life
and writing career, as well as bibliographical
materials. Superb edition!

Critical Studies

Mary Astell: Theorist of Freedom from Domination
by Patricia Springborg
Cambridge University Press, 2005.
"Patricia Springborg's study recovers the historical
and philosophical contexts of Mary Astell's thought.
She demonstrates that Astell was not alone in her views
but, rather, part of a cohort of early modern women
philosophers grappling with the existential problems
of a new age." —The Publisher.

The Eloquence Of Mary Astell
by Christine Mason Sutherland
University of Calgary Press, 2006.
"Makes an important contribution to the knowledge
and understanding of the role that women, and Astell
in particular, played in the history of rhetoric.
Here, Sutherland explores Astell's importance as a
rhetorician, an area that has, until recently,
received little attention. Her significance as an
Enlightenment thinker is becoming more and more
recognized, however. She showed that it was possible
for a woman to move from the semi-private form of
rhetoric represented by conversation and letters
into full public participation in philosophy and
political debate." —The Publisher.

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