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Choosing the Better Part

Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678)

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  1. Mirjam Baar
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  2. Machteld Löwensteyn
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Anna Maria van Schurman

    • Mirjam De Baar, Brita Rang
    Pages 1-22

  3. ‘An Exceptional Mind’

    • Brita Rang
    Pages 23-42

  4. The First Dutch Feminist Tract?

    • Caroline Van Eck
    Pages 43-54

  5. ‘Et Ses Artistes Mains…’

    • Katlijne Van Der Stighelen
    Pages 55-68

  6. ‘O Utreght, Lieve Stad…’

    • Pieta Van Beek
    Pages 69-86

  7. ‘Now as for the Faint Rumours of Fame Attached to My Name…’

    • Mirjam De Baar
    Pages 87-102

  8. Anna Maria van Schurman’s ‘Reformation’ of Philosophy

    • Angela Roothaan
    Pages 103-116

  9. On Anna Maria van Schurman’s ‘Right Choice’

    • Erica Scheenstra
    Pages 117-132

  10. ‘If She Had Been a Man…’

    • A. Agnes Sneller
    Pages 133-149

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 151-188
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Anna Maria van Schurman was in more than one aspect an unconventional woman in her own lifetime. As a gifted scholar in many foreign and ancient languages, as well as in philosophy and theology, she corresponded with other learned men and women all over Europe. She achieved international renown for her own defence of scholarly activity of women. Life and work of this Dutch femme savante of the 17th Century has thus far been studied by theologians, philosophers, literary scholars, historians, pedagogues and art historians, each concentrating on specific aspects of Van Schurman's biography or work. A rather fragmented image of this scholar was the result.
This interdependent collection of essays describes the life and work of Anna Maria van Schurman from an interdisciplinary - or rather multidisciplinary - approach and will outline a more integrated yet at the same time subtly differentiated picture. Nine contributions - from the disciplines of philosophy, theology, Dutch language and literature, intellectual and art history, and women's studies - partly based on new source material, shed light on Van Schurman's ideas on erudition and femininity, ethics and philosophy, as well as on her religious beliefs, within the context of the early modern intellectual community to which she belonged.
Audience: This collection of essays will therefore command the interest not only of historians, but also of scholars and students in theology, philosophy, art history, and women's studies.

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