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Using Maynard's extensive personal papers, especially her diaries and autobiography, Constance Maynard's Passions is the fascinating account of a life which confounds the usual categories of faith, gender, and sexuality.

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'Phipps has produced a study that is thoughtful, scholarly, and engaging, despite its subject being both difficult to really know, and difficult to like.' -- Deirdre Raftery Historical Studies in Education Spring 2016

Table of Contents
Introduction: "Seeking great Reward from Thee" 1. "Sweetest of Earth's Glories, Love!": 1849-71 2. "Crisis, Restraint and Liberty": 1869-72 3. "Caught in the Current": 1872-75 4. "An Unhappy Marriage": 1876-80 5. "A Man or a Woman?": 1880-83 6. "Years of Gloom": 1883-94 7. "Glorious New Spring": 1896-1913 Conclusion: "Shadow of 'Outer Darkness' Close to Me"

Constance Maynards Passions

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 17 August 2015
      ISBN-13 9781442650336
      978-1442650336
      ISBN-10 1442650338
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      Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Using Maynard's extensive personal papers, especially her diaries and autobiography, Constance Maynard's Passions is the fascinating account of a life which confounds the usual categories of faith, gender, and sexuality.

      Trade Review
      'Phipps has produced a study that is thoughtful, scholarly, and engaging, despite its subject being both difficult to really know, and difficult to like.' -- Deirdre Raftery Historical Studies in Education Spring 2016

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: "Seeking great Reward from Thee" 1. "Sweetest of Earth's Glories, Love!": 1849-71 2. "Crisis, Restraint and Liberty": 1869-72 3. "Caught in the Current": 1872-75 4. "An Unhappy Marriage": 1876-80 5. "A Man or a Woman?": 1880-83 6. "Years of Gloom": 1883-94 7. "Glorious New Spring": 1896-1913 Conclusion: "Shadow of 'Outer Darkness' Close to Me"

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