Eve's Enlightenment
Jaffe, Catherine M. / Lewis, Elizabeth Franklin
Eves Enlightenment presents essays by leading scholars in the fields of history, art history, literature, and psychology discussing how Enlightenment philosophies compared to womens actual experiences in Spain and Spanish America. Relying on newspaper accounts, poetry, polemic, paintings, and saints lives, this diverse group of contributors consider how evolving legal, social, and medical norms affected women, and how art and literature portra...