Women's writing in English : early modern England / Patricia Demers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Demers, Patricia, 1946- author.

Series:

Women's writing in English.

Women's Writing in English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Women and literature--England--History--16th century.

Women and literature.

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

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2016.

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

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. 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.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Studying early modern women writers

Women in early modern England

The genres of early modern women's writing

Six major authors

Postscript

Appendix A. Women and the rise of print culture

Appendix B. Chronologies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-5810-X

1-4426-2737-9

OCLC:

903441071