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Women's writing in English : early modern England

Title: Women's writing in English : early modern England / Patricia Demers.
Author: Demers, Patricia, 1946-
Publication: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2005], ©2005.

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x, 363 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In this introduction to the diversity and scope of the writing by women in England from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Patricia Demers discusses the creative realities of women writers' accomplishments and the cultural conditions under which they wrote."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Studying early modern women writers -- 2. Women in early modern England -- 3. The genres of early modern women's writing -- 4. Six major authors -- Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621) -- Aemilia Lanyer (1569-1645) -- Elizabeth Tanfield Cary, Viscountess Falkland (1585-1639) -- Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653) -- Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673) -- Katherine Philips, the Matchless Orinda (1632-1664) -- App. A. Women and the rise of print culture.

ISBN

0802087108 (bound) :
0802086640 (pbk.) :

OCLC

ocm56877088
SCSB-5175504

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Columbia University Libraries