The Rules, Orders and Regulations, of the Magdalen House, for the Reception of Penitent Prostitutes. By Order of the Governors
The Rules, Orders and Regulations, of the Magdalen House, for the Reception of Penitent Prostitutes. By Order of the Governors

Author: Multiple Contributors

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781379969433

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T092542 London: printed by W. Faden, 1760. 36p.; 4°

Women Writing Music in Late Eighteenth-Century England
Women Writing Music in Late Eighteenth-Century England

Author: Leslie Ritchie

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1351536621

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Combining new musicology trends, formal musical analysis, and literary feminist recovery work, Leslie Ritchie examines rare poetic, didactic, fictional, and musical texts written by women in late eighteenth-century Britain. She finds instances of and resistance to contemporary perceptions of music as a form of social control in works by Maria Barth mon, Harriett Abrams, Mary Worgan, Susanna Rowson, Hannah Cowley, and Amelia Opie, among others. Relating women's musical compositions and writings about music to theories of music's function in the formation of female subjectivities during the latter half of the eighteenth century, Ritchie draws on the work of cultural theorists and cultural historians, as well as feminist scholars who have explored the connection between femininity and performance. Whether crafting works consonant with societal ideals of charitable, natural, and national order, or re-imagining their participation in these musical aids to social harmony, women contributed significantly to the formation of British cultural identity. Ritchie's interdisciplinary book will interest scholars working in a range of fields, including gender studies, musicology, eighteenth-century British literature, and cultural studies.

The Histories of Some of the Penitents in the Magdalen House
The Histories of Some of the Penitents in the Magdalen House

Author: Jennie Batchelor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-09-30

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1317303571

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First published in 1759, this novel aims to promote the cause of the Magdalen House, a charity which sought to rehabilitate prostitutes by fitting them for a life of virtuous industry. It challenges long-standing prejudices against prostitutes by presenting them as victims of inadequate education, male libertinism and sexual double standards.