On-line Resources on Mary Astell (1666-1731)

General Overview:

For research beyond the elementary level, there are almost no significant resources on-line for Mary Astell. There does appear to be some interest in Astell's thoughts on rhetoric and on marriage; but there is little development of this into significant research resources.

Little Bits:

Mary Astell: a timeline of her life

Mary Astell: very brief summaries of her works on women (misdates her birth to 1668)

Mary Astell: very brief summary of her life

Somewhat More Substantive:

Mary Astell, "Some Reflections on Marriage": brief summary and notes (particularly compared to Dryden on wit) for an English 211 class at Goucher College

A Summary of Erin Herberg's Mary Astell's Rhetorical Theory: A Woman's Viewpoint (Richard Workman): brief summary

De l'invisibilité du genre dans la théorie politique. Le débat Locke/Astell (Evelyne Pisier and Eleni Varikas): French, PDF; paper presented for a colloquium on genre and politics.

It is to be hoped that SEP will put Alice Sowaal's article on Mary Astell on-line at some point in the near future.

Actual Works:

Some Reflections Upon Marriage; see also here

I have put up at Siris a very short selection from one of Astell's letters in Letters Concerning the Love of God, here.

If you have placed on-line any resources on Mary Astell, especially articles or papers on her work, or selections from her original works, or if you have come across such resources, please contact me at bwatson{at}chass{dot}utoronto{dot}ca.