Women and literature in Britain, 1500-1700

Women and literature in Britain, 1500-1700 / edited by Helen Wilcox.

Other author/creator	Wilcox, Helen.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Description	xiv, 307 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700 --History and criticism. Women and literature--Great Britain --History --16th century. Women and literature--Great Britain --History --17th century. English literature--Women authors --History and criticism.

Contents	Introduction / Helen Wilcox -- Humanist education and the Renaissance concept of woman / Hilda L. Smith -- Religion and the construction of femininity / Suzanne Trill -- Advice for women from mothers and patriarchs / Valerie Wayne -- Women reading, reading women / Jacqueline Pearson -- Women/'women' and the stage / Ann Thompson -- Feminine modes of knowing and scientific enquiry : Margaret Cavendish's poetry as case study / Bronwen Price -- Renaissance concepts of the 'woman writer' / Margaret W. Ferguson -- Courtly writing by women / Helen Hackett -- Women's poetry in early modern Britain / Elizabeth H. Hageman -- Women's writing and the self / Elspeth Graham -- The possibilities of prose / Betty S. Travitsky -- The first female dramatists / Ros Ballaster.
Local note	Little-327477--305131025313R
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	95051404
ISBN	0521462193 (hardcover)
ISBN	0521467772 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR113 .W65 1996	✔ Available	Place Hold