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Book SynopsisIn readings ranging from early-16th- through late-17th-century texts, this book aims to resituate women's writing in the English Renaissance by studying the possibilities available to these writers by virtue of their positions in society and by their articulation of the desire to write.
Trade Review'This is a remarkable book. Goldberg introduces readers to a field of study that scarcely existed twenty years ago, surveys its scholarship and many of the major texts, says what he thinks still needs to be done, and ventures to do it himself. This is a fine study by a distinguished author at the top of his form.' David Riggs, Stanford University
Table of ContentsPart I. The Legend of Good Women: Introduction 1. Canonizing Aemelia Lanyer 2. Aphra Behn's female pen Part II. Translating Women: Introduction 3. Margaret Roper's daughterly devotions: unnatural translations 4. The countess of Pembroke's literal translation Part III. Writing as a Woman: Introduction 5. Mary Shelton's hand Graphina's mark Notes Bibliography Index.
