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Book Condition: Used
Seller: Max Rambod Inc.

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About Item: Felltham, Owen. Resolves: Divine, Moral Political. London: Benj. Motte for R. Bonwick, W. Freeman et al., 1709. Twelfth Edition. 672 pages. Includes his important essay "Of Woman." The Resolves were very popular at the time, though Feltham's stance on gender was progressive for Renaissance England, and his accusation of hypocrisy rankled a portion of his audience: "When a woman grows bold and daring, we dislike her, and say, she is too like a man : yet in our selves, we magnify what we condemn. Is not this injustice?" Feltham was still a teenager when he published his first edition of Resolves in 1623. This collection of essays played a crucial role in the development of the English essay as a genre. The original edition included 100 "resolves" that were considered to be short, aphoristic commentaries on aspects of the three realms delineated by the title: divine, ethical, and political. They concerned in equal measure the private and public realms of middle-class English life. Later revisions… Read More
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