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Recovering female adolescence in adolescent life writing and socio-medical discourse in England, 1660-1785

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This thesis offers a literary, socio-cultural history of female adolescence in England between 1660-1785, with a focus on how psychological, physiological, and emotional development in adolescence was represented in medical texts, conduct literature, and adolescent writing.

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  • Social Sciences and Humanities

Department

  • English

Publisher

Loughborough University

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© Katherine Woodhouse-Skinner

Publication date

2021

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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.

Language

  • en

Supervisor(s)

Sara Read ; Carol Bolton

Qualification name

  • PhD

Qualification level

  • Doctoral

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    Eighteenth Centuryeighteenth century historyearly modern historylife cycle analysis methodologyWomen's historyAdolescent Studieschildhood studiesStudies in the Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified

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