Women and Literature in Britain, 1500-1700
1996
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- About this editionISBN: 9780521467773, 0521467772Page count: 307Published: November 13, 1996Format: PaperbackPublisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishEditors: Helen Wilcox, Professor of English Literature Helen WilcoxContributors: Carol M. Meale, Vivien JonesCreate CitationThis is the first comprehensive introduction to the works and social contexts of women writers in early modern Britain, a paradoxical period when it was considered unfeminine to write and yet women were the authors of many poems, translations, conduct books, autobiographies, plays, pamphlets and other texts. Leading scholars examine the history of women's role in and access to literary culture, and the work of individual women writers. A unique chronology offers a woman-centered perspective on historical and literary events, and there is a guide to further reading.Source: PublisherGet bookBorrowEdit locationCancelCheck availability at libraries near youNo matching city or zip codeOther editionsCommon terms and phrasesactadviceAnneappearsarguesassociatedbodycalledCambridgeCavendishchapterChristianchurchclaimconcernsCountessculturedaughterdeathdefineddesirediscoursediscussiondramaearly modernededitionedsElizabethEnglandEnglishespeciallyexampleexpressionfatherfemalefemininefictiongenderhumanisthusbandimportantissueJohnknowledgeLadylanguagelaterlearningletterlinesliteraryLiteraturelivesLondonmaleMore terms and phrasesShow lessSimilar booksGeorge HerbertSacred and ProfaneThe Body and the TextHélène Cixous, Reading and TeachingTransforming HolinessRepresentations of Holiness in English and American Literary TextsThis fascinating collection of essays addresses the question of how holiness has been represented in English and American literary texts from early saints' lives to the poetry of the mid-twentieth ...More booksAbout the workOriginally published: November 13, 1996Editor: Helen WilcoxSubject: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary Criticism / Renaissance, English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Early modern, 1500-1700, Social Science / Gender Studies, Women and literature -- History -- 16th century -- Great Britain -- 17th century, Anglo-Norman literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism, English literature -- History and criticism -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Women authors -- 18th century -- Middle English, 1100-1500, Women -- History -- Great Britain, Women and literature -- History -- 16th century -- Great Britain -- 17th century -- 18th centuryMOREPublisherMore from the publisher collectionWomen and Literature in Britain, 1500-1700This is the first comprehensive introduction to the works and social contexts of women writers in early modern Britain, a paradoxical period when it was considered unfeminine to write and yet women ...Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800 is unique in providing an authoritative, up-to-date overview of eighteenth-century women's writing and its contexts. The contributors are well-known ...
