A companion to early modern women's writing /
Early modern women's writing
edited by Anita Pacheco.
- Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2002.
- xx, 391 p. ; 24 cm.
- Blackwell companions to literature and culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Contexts : Women and education / Kenneth Charlton -- Religion and the construction of the feminine / Diane Willen -- Women, property and law / Tim Stretton -- Women and work / Sara H. Mendelson -- Women and writing / Margaret J.M. Ezell. Pt. 2. Readings : Isabella Whitney, 'A sweet nosegay' / Patricia Brace -- Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, 'Psalmes' / Debra K. Reinstra -- Aemilia Lanyer, 'Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum' / Susanne Woods -- Elizabeth Cary, 'The tragedy of Mariam' and history / Elaine Beilin -- Mary Wroth, 'The Countess of Montgomery's Urania' / Naomi J. Miller -- Margaret Cavendish, 'A true relation of my birth, breeding and life' / Gweno Williams -- Anna Trapnel, 'Anna Trapnel's report and plea' / Hilary Hinds -- Katherine Philips, 'Poems' / Elizabeth H. Hageman -- Aphra Behn, 'The Rover, part one' / Anita Pacheco -- Mary Astell, Critic of the marriage contract/social contract analogue / Patricia Springborg. Pt. 3. Genres : Autobiography / Sheila Ottway -- Defences of women / Frances Teague and Rebecca De Haas -- Prophecy / Elaine Hobby -- Women's poetry 1550-1700: 'not unfit to be read' / Bronwen Price -- Prose fiction / Paul Salzman -- Drama / Sophie Tomlinson. Pt. 4. Issues and Debates : The work of women in the age of electronic reproduction: The canon, early modern women writers and the postmodern reader / Melinda Alliker Rabb -- Feminist historiography / Margo Hendricks.
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English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700 Women and literature--History--Great Britain--16th century. Women and literature--History--Great Britain--17th century. English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.