Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, Dr. Tabitha Kenlon, Scholar of Early Modern Literature, explains what inspired her research into eighteenth-century conduct manuals, what they constitute, and why they are so fascinating, before going on to explain some of the articles and books she has written in this area making use of ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online).
Video Chapters:
0:00 Introducing Tabitha
0:46 PhD Research at Chawton House Library
1:04 What are Conduct Manuals?
1:34 The topical relevance of Conduct Manuals
2:47 Finding famous and obscure primary sources in ECCO
3:26 A pamphlet for "fallen women"
4:44 Research (book chapter): "Exploring the Lives of Women, 1558-1837"
4:55 Research (book): "Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman"
In this video, Dr. Tabitha Kenlon, Scholar of Early Modern Literature, explains what inspired her research into eighteenth-century conduct manuals, what they constitute, and why they are so fascinating, before going on to explain some of the articles and books she has written in this area making use of ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online).
Video Chapters:
0:00 Introducing Tabitha
0:46 PhD Research at Chawton House Library
1:04 What are Conduct Manuals?
1:34 The topical relevance of Conduct Manuals
2:47 Finding famous and obscure primary sources in ECCO
3:26 A pamphlet for "fallen women"
4:44 Research (book chapter): "Exploring the Lives of Women, 1558-1837"
4:55 Research (book): "Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman"
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