Cartesian Women : Versions and Subversions of Rational Discourse in the Old Regime
Erica Harth (Author)
The little-known writings that Erica Harth examines here reveal a remarkable chapter in the history of Western thought. Drawing upon current theoretical work in gender studies, cultural history, and literary criticism, Harth looks at how women in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France attempted to overcome gender barriers and participated in the shaping of rational discourse
eBook, English, 2018
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2018