{"product_id":"a-companion-to-early-modern-womens-writing-isbn-9781405176118","title":"A Companion to Early Modern Women's Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student-oriented guides to the under-published field of early modern women's writing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together more than twenty leading international scholars to provide the definitive survey volume to the field of early modern women's writing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines individual texts, including works by Mary Sidney, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the historical context and generic diversity of early modern women's writing, as well as the theoretical issues that underpin its study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a clear sense of the full extent of women's contributions to early modern literary culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\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  \"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 \u003cb\u003eAnita Pacheco\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in the English Department at the Open University. She has written extensively on Aphra Behn and early modern drama and is the author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare’s Coriolanus\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) in the \u003ci\u003eWriters and their Work\u003c\/i\u003e series. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eEarly Women Writers 1600–1720\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and joint editor (with John Stachniewski) of \u003ci\u003eJohn Bunyan: Grace Abounding with Other Spiritual Autobiographies\u003c\/i\u003e (1998). This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student-oriented guides to the under-published field of early modern women’s writing. It brings together new work by twenty-four of the best contemporary scholars who are pushing forward the boundaries of scholarship on early modern women's writing from both sides of the Atlantic. The contributions balance a specific focus on individual texts with a broader examination of the relevant social and cultural contexts of early modern women's writing, its generic diversity and some of the main theoretical questions that underpin its study. Ten key texts are considered, along with the major genres in which early modern women wrote and the theoretical issues to which their work gives rise. The volume provides readers with a clear sense of the full extent of women's contributions to literary culture in early modern Britain. It will be welcomed by all those who teach courses on women writers and early modern women writers, and by those who wish to integrate more women writers into their Renaissance courses.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988605616357,"sku":"NP9781405176118","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405176118.jpg?v=1761780943","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-early-modern-womens-writing-isbn-9781405176118","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}