{"product_id":"a-companion-to-early-modern-womens-writing-9780631217022","title":"A Companion to Early Modern Womens Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student--oriented guides to the under--published field of early modern womena s writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pacheco (humanities, Univ. of Hertfordshire) has produced a much-needed collection that puts into historical and literary perspective the study of early modern women and their writings. [...] In scholarship and critical depth, this volume compares favourably to the many recent publications on early modern women; what makes it particularly useful is its accessibility to students just becoming acquainted with the field.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a worthwhile and well-produced volume ... [it] would make an excellent core text for students on courses on early modern women's writing or gender studies[.]\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE Contexts 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Women and Education 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth Charlton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Religion and the Construction of the Feminine 22\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiane Willen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Women, Property and Law 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTim Stretton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Women and Work 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSara H. Mendelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Women and Writing 77\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMargaret J. M. Ezell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO Readings 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Isabella Whitney, A Sweet Nosegay 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatricia Brace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, Psalmes 110\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDebra K. Rienstra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Aemilia Lanyer, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusanne Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam and History 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElaine Beilin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Mary Wroth, The Countess of Montgomery’s Urania 150\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNaomi J. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Margaret Cavendish, A True Relation of My Birth, Breeding and Life 165\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGweno Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Anna Trapnel, Anna Trapnel’s Report and Plea 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHilary Hinds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Katherine Philips, Poems 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth H. Hageman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Aphra Behn, The Rover, Part One 203\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnita Pacheco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Mary Astell, Critic of the Marriage Contract\/Social Contract Analogue 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatricia Springborg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE Genres 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Autobiography 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSheila Ottway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Defences of Women 248\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrances Teague and Rebecca De Haas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Prophecy 264\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElaine Hobby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Women’s Poetry 1550–1700: ‘Not Unfit to be Read’ 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBronwen Price\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Prose Fiction 303\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Salzman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Drama 317\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSophie Tomlinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR Issues and Debates 337\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Work of Women in the Age of Electronic Reproduction: The Canon, Early Modern Women Writers and the Postmodern Reader 339\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelinda Alliker Rabb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Feminist Historiography 361\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMargo Hendricks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 377\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037251469655,"sku":"9780631217022","price":159.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631217022.jpg?v=1750934994","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-early-modern-womens-writing-9780631217022","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}