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The Eloquence of Mary Astell

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Christine Sutherland (Professor in the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary) presents The Eloquence Of Mary Astell, a seminal and scholarly study of the role that women in general, and Mary Astell (1666-1731) in particular, have played in the history of rhetoric. Mary Astell's importance as an Enlightenment thinker was overlooked in the years following her death, but recently her contributions and influence has become more properly recognized by historians. Mary Astell's deliberate choice to move beyond the limited format for rhetoric that was the norm for common female conversation, and into the more public realms of participation in philosophy, academia and political debate, broke new ground and set a positive example for future generations of women up to the present day. A welcome addition to college library, women's studies, and communications studies collections, The Eloquence Of Mary Astell presents illustrative excerpts of Astell's rhetoric, a firm grounding in the context within which Astell expressed herself, extensive notes, a bibliography, and an index.