The poems and prose of Mary, Lady Chudleigh / edited by Margaret J.M. Ezell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chudleigh, Mary Lee, Lady, 1656-1710, author.

Contributor:

Ezell, Margaret J. M., editor.

Series:

Women writers in English, 1350-1850.

Oxford scholarship online.

Women writers in English, 1350-1850

Oxford scholarship online

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--England--Literary collections.

Women.

Women and literature--England--History--17th century.

Women and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The first edition of the collected poetry and prose of the Restoration feminist, Mary, Lady Chudleigh (1656-1710), this volume includes 'The Ladies Defence' as well as her final prose meditations. New biographical and bibliographical information in the Introduction revises the existing accounts of her life and literary career. The volume makes available for the complete range of Chudleigh's literary experiments and calls for a reassessment of the image of the woman writer of the Restoration. A friend of John Dryden and Mary Astell, Chudleigh experimented with a variety of literary forms, from satire to biblical paraphrase, but always maintained her belief in the importance of education for women and the necessity for self-determination.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; The Ladies Defence: Or, The Bride-Woman's Counsellor Answer'd; Poems on Several Occasions; The Song of the Three Children Paraphras'd; Essays upon Several Subjects in Prose and Verse; Index of First Lines of Poems

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-772563-5

0-19-535933-X

OCLC:

252639944