Research Catalog

Title

The Cambridge companion to early modern women's writing / [edited by] Laura Lunger Knoppers.

Publication

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Knoppers, Laura Lunger.

Description

xxvii, 306 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Featuring the most frequently taught female writers and texts of the early modern period, this Companion introduces the reader to the range, complexity, historical importance, and aesthetic merit of women's writing in Britain from 1500-1700. Presenting key textual, historical, and methodological information, the volume exemplifies new and diverse approaches to the study of women's writing. The book is clearly divided into three sections, covering: how women learnt to write and how their work was circulated or published; how and what women wrote in the places and spaces in which they lived, worked, and worshipped; and the different kinds of writing women produced, from poetry and fiction to letters, diaries, and political prose. This structure makes the volume readily adaptable to course usage. The Companion is enhanced by an introduction that lays out crucial framework and critical issues, and by chronologies that situate women's writings alongside political and cultural events"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Cambridge companions to literature

Uniform Title

Cambridge companions to literature.

Alternative Title

Early modern women's writing

Subjects

• Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century
• English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
• Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 16th century
• English literature > Women authors > History and criticism

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: critical framework and issues Laura Lunger Knoppers; Part I. Material Matters: 1. Women's handwriting Heather Wolfe; 2. Reading women Edith Snook; 3. Manuscript miscellanies Victoria E. Burke; 4. Women, the material book, and early printing Marcy L. North; Part II. Sites of Production: 5. Women in educational spaces Caroline Bowden; 6. Women in the household Wendy Wall; 7. Women in church and in devotional spaces Elizabeth Clarke; 8. Women in the royal courts Karen Britland; 9. Women in the law courts Frances E. Dolan; 10. Women in healing spaces Mary E. Fissell; Part III. Genres and Modes: 11. Translation Danielle Clarke; 12. Letters James Daybell; 13. Autobiography Ramona Wray; 14. Lyric poetry Helen Wilcox; 15. Narrative poetry Susanne Woods; 16. Prophecy and religious polemic Hilary Hinds; 17. Private drama Marta Straznicky; 18. Public drama Derek Hughes; 19. Prose fiction Lori Humphrey Newcomb.

Call Number

*R-RMRR PR113 .C36 2009

ISBN

• 9780521712422 (paperback)
• 0521712424 (paperback)

LCCN

2009025736

OCLC

351329791

Title

The Cambridge companion to early modern women's writing / [edited by] Laura Lunger Knoppers.

Imprint

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Series

Cambridge companions to literature

Cambridge companions to literature.

Added Author

Knoppers, Laura Lunger.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PR113 .C36 2009

*R-RMRR PR113 .C36 2009