Fables for the Female Sex

Title

en_US Fables for the Female Sex

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Edward Moore

Creator

en_US Brooke, Henry See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T15:24:02Z

en_US 1991-10

en_US 1783?

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:24:02Z

Date Issued

en_US 1744

Abstract

en_US A book that apparently went through a number of editions. 1783 seems to be some bookdealer's guess for this one. 16 fables strong on morality, less good on story. Thefable itself really becomes a derivative illustration of what is basically either sermon or satire. The woman's world that emerges here is frightening to imagine today. Frail fair thing, if she loses her honor once, a woman is doomed forever (The Female Seducers). Parents giving her to a man whom she has not chosen are the mother sheep giving her lamb to the wolf! Vanity claims in the last fable to rule the whole female race: Trust me, from titled dames to spinners,/'Tis I make saints, whoe'er makes sinners. The manifold advice may not be easy to put together: character will keep a man much more than looks; clothing should make a man imagine--not see--the best;striving nature to conceal/you only her defects reveal. A woman has fleeting beauty and gives it to a man for protection; he is grateful for the gift remembered and continues to protect her out of gratitude for what once was. Do not tease the man to whom you have said yes.

Identifier

en_US 1094 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75880

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Unknown (title page missing)

en_US London

Subject

en_US PR3605.M3 F2 1783 See all items with this value

en_US Moore See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole