A Pacheco
John Wiley & Sons
e druk, 2008
9781405176118
A Companion to Early Modern Women′s Writing
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Paperback, 416 blz.
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Engels
John Wiley & Sons |
e druk, 2008
ISBN13: 9781405176118
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student–oriented guides to the under–published field of early modern women′s writing.
Brings together more than twenty leading international scholars to provide the definitive survey volume to the field of early modern women′s writing
Examines individual texts, including works by Mary Sidney, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn
Explores the historical context and generic diversity of early modern women′s writing, as well as the theoretical issues that underpin its study
Provides a clear sense of the full extent of women′s contributions to early modern literary culture
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ISBN13:9781405176118
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:416
Uitgever:John Wiley & Sons
Hoofdrubriek:Woordenboeken en taal
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Notes on Contributors x</p>
<p>Introduction xiv</p>
<p>PART ONE Contexts 1</p>
<p>1 Women and Education 3<br /> Kenneth Charlton</p>
<p>2 Religion and the Construction of the Feminine 22<br /> Diane Willen</p>
<p>3 Women, Property and Law 40<br /> Tim Stretton</p>
<p>4 Women and Work 58<br /> Sara H. Mendelson</p>
<p>5 Women and Writing 77<br /> Margaret J. M. Ezell</p>
<p>PART TWO Readings 95</p>
<p>6 Isabella Whitney, A Sweet Nosegay 97<br /> Patricia Brace</p>
<p>7 Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, Psalmes 110<br /> Debra K. Rienstra</p>
<p>8 Aemilia Lanyer, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum 125<br /> Susanne Woods</p>
<p>9 Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam and History 136<br /> Elaine Beilin</p>
<p>10 Mary Wroth, The Countess of Montgomery s Urania 150<br /> Naomi J. Miller</p>
<p>11 Margaret Cavendish, A True Relation of My Birth, Breeding and Life 165<br /> Gweno Williams</p>
<p>12 Anna Trapnel, Anna Trapnel s Report and Plea 177<br /> Hilary Hinds</p>
<p>13 Katherine Philips, Poems 189<br /> Elizabeth H. Hageman</p>
<p>14 Aphra Behn, The Rover, Part One 203<br /> Anita Pacheco</p>
<p>15 Mary Astell, Critic of the Marriage Contract/Social Contract Analogue 216<br /> Patricia Springborg</p>
<p>PART THREE Genres 229</p>
<p>16 Autobiography 231<br /> Sheila Ottway</p>
<p>17 Defences of Women 248<br /> Frances Teague and Rebecca De Haas</p>
<p>18 Prophecy 264<br /> Elaine Hobby</p>
<p>19 Women s Poetry 1550 1700: Not Unfit to be Read 282<br /> Bronwen Price</p>
<p>20 Prose Fiction 303<br /> Paul Salzman</p>
<p>21 Drama 317<br /> Sophie Tomlinson</p>
<p>PART FOUR Issues and Debates 337</p>
<p>22 The Work of Women in the Age of Electronic Reproduction: The Canon, Early Modern Women Writers and the Postmodern Reader 339<br /> Melinda Alliker Rabb</p>
<p>23 Feminist Historiography 361<br /> Margo Hendricks</p>
<p>Index 377</p>
<p>Introduction xiv</p>
<p>PART ONE Contexts 1</p>
<p>1 Women and Education 3<br /> Kenneth Charlton</p>
<p>2 Religion and the Construction of the Feminine 22<br /> Diane Willen</p>
<p>3 Women, Property and Law 40<br /> Tim Stretton</p>
<p>4 Women and Work 58<br /> Sara H. Mendelson</p>
<p>5 Women and Writing 77<br /> Margaret J. M. Ezell</p>
<p>PART TWO Readings 95</p>
<p>6 Isabella Whitney, A Sweet Nosegay 97<br /> Patricia Brace</p>
<p>7 Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, Psalmes 110<br /> Debra K. Rienstra</p>
<p>8 Aemilia Lanyer, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum 125<br /> Susanne Woods</p>
<p>9 Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam and History 136<br /> Elaine Beilin</p>
<p>10 Mary Wroth, The Countess of Montgomery s Urania 150<br /> Naomi J. Miller</p>
<p>11 Margaret Cavendish, A True Relation of My Birth, Breeding and Life 165<br /> Gweno Williams</p>
<p>12 Anna Trapnel, Anna Trapnel s Report and Plea 177<br /> Hilary Hinds</p>
<p>13 Katherine Philips, Poems 189<br /> Elizabeth H. Hageman</p>
<p>14 Aphra Behn, The Rover, Part One 203<br /> Anita Pacheco</p>
<p>15 Mary Astell, Critic of the Marriage Contract/Social Contract Analogue 216<br /> Patricia Springborg</p>
<p>PART THREE Genres 229</p>
<p>16 Autobiography 231<br /> Sheila Ottway</p>
<p>17 Defences of Women 248<br /> Frances Teague and Rebecca De Haas</p>
<p>18 Prophecy 264<br /> Elaine Hobby</p>
<p>19 Women s Poetry 1550 1700: Not Unfit to be Read 282<br /> Bronwen Price</p>
<p>20 Prose Fiction 303<br /> Paul Salzman</p>
<p>21 Drama 317<br /> Sophie Tomlinson</p>
<p>PART FOUR Issues and Debates 337</p>
<p>22 The Work of Women in the Age of Electronic Reproduction: The Canon, Early Modern Women Writers and the Postmodern Reader 339<br /> Melinda Alliker Rabb</p>
<p>23 Feminist Historiography 361<br /> Margo Hendricks</p>
<p>Index 377</p>