Women's Writing in English: Early Modern England Contributor(s): DeMers, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802086640 ISBN-13: 9780802086648 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $43.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Canadian |
Dewey: 820.992 |
LCCN: 2005278881 |
Series: Women's Writing in English |
Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.7" W x 8.56" (1.05 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. There were deep suspicions and restrictions surrounding the education of women during this period, and thus the contributions of women to literature, and to the print industry itself, are largely unknown. This wide-ranging examination of the genres of early modern women's writing embraces translation (from Latin, Greek, and French) in the fields of theological discourse, romance and classical tragedy, original meditations and prayers, letters and diaries, poetry, closet drama, advice manuals, and prophecies and polemics. A close study of six major authors - Mary Sidney, Aemilia Lanyer, Elizabeth Tanfield Cary, Lady Mary Wroth, Margaret Cavendish, and Katherine Philips - explores their work as poets, dramatists, and romantic fiction writers. Demers invites readers to savour the subtlety and daring with which these women authors made writing an expressly social craft. |
Contributor Bio(s): DeMers, Patricia: - Patricia A. Demers is a distinguished university professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. |