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Book Synopsis-- Michael Schoenfeldt, Studies in English Literature
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chronology 1588 Elizabeth I, Speech to the Troops at Tilbury 1589 Jane Anger, from Her Protection for Women 1592 Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, from A Discourse of Life and Death 1593 Elizabeth I, Speech at the Dissolving of Parliament 1601 Elizabeth I, The Golden Speech 1602 Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, "A Dialogue between two shepherds, Thenot and Piers, in Praise of Astraea" 1611 Aemilia Lanyer, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum 1613 Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry 1617 Rachel Speght, from A Muzzle for Melastomus 1621 Lady Mary Wroth, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus 1630 Diana Primrose, from A Chain of Pearl 1642 Anne Stagg, et al., A True Copy of the Petition of Gentlewomen, and Tradesmen's Wives 1648 Elizabeth Poole, A Vision: Wherein is Manifested the Disease and Cure of the Kingdom 1654 Anna Trapnel, Strange and Wonderful News from Whitehall 1663 Mary Carleton, from The Case of Mary Carleton 1667 Katherine Philips, from Poems 1668 Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, The Convent of Pleasure 1673 Bathsua Makin, from An Essay to Revive the Ancient Education of Gentlewomen 1678 Anne Bradstreet, from Several Poems 1688 Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave 1688 Aphra Behn, The Widow Ranter, or The History of Bacon in Virginia Notes Biographical Notes Bibliography Index of themes
