Outward Appearances: The Female Exterior in Restoration London

266 Pages·2007·13.13 MB·English

by  Will Pritchard

OUTWARD
APPEARANCES
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OUTWARD
APPEARANCES
The Female Exterior
in Restoration London
Will Pritchard
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AculturalstudyofhowmeninRestorationLondon,viewwomenthroughtheir
outwardphysicalappearancesandthroughtheirincreasedappearancesinpublic
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Contents
ListofIllustrations 9
Acknowledgments 11
Introduction:OutwardAppearances 15
1. TheProblemofFemaleLegibility 35
2. ThePromiseofFemaleLegibility 62
3. ThePlayhouse 82
4. ThePark 112
5. TheNewExchange 145
Conclusion 182
Notes 187
Bibliography 244
Index 262
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Illustrations
1. Plate from [Thomas Bartholin], Bartholinus Anatomy . . .
(1688) 69
2. Frontispieceto[FrancisHawkins],NewAdditions unto
YouthsBehaviour...(1672) 73
3. St.James’sParkbeforerenovation (fromFaithorneand
Harcourt’s1658map) 116
4. St.James’sParkafterrenovation(from Ogilbyand
Morgan’s1682map) 117
5. TheNewExchange,asseenfrom theStrand(fromJohn
Harris’sengraving) 148
6. FrontispiecetoKatherinePhilips,Poems(1667) 170
7. FrontispiecetoMaryCarleton,TheCaseofMadamMary
Carleton(1663) 172
8. FrontispiecetoRobertCodrington,TheSecondPartof
YouthsBehaviour(1664) 173
9. FrontispiecetoFrancisKirkman,TheCounterfeitLady
Unveiled(1673) 175
10. FrontispiecetoFemalePoemsby‘‘Ephelia’’(1679) 176
11. Illustration fromTheDisdainfulVirginLedCaptive(1682) 177
12. Illustration fromTheSchoolofVenus (ca.1683–1706) 178
13. Illustration fromTheDescriptionofaTownMiss(1670) 179
14. Illustration fromTheCountry-man’sDelight(ca.1670–1696) 180
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