Cover of Disciplines of virtue

Disciplines of virtue

by Lynne Vallone

1995 230 pages eng

In British and American representations of girlhood during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, adolescent girls were viewed both as figures of adornment and as creatures in need of refuge, rescue, and reform. This engrossing book investigates such portrayals of girlhood by analyzing children's …

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