A Companion to Early Modern Women's Writing

Pacheco, Anita

This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student-oriented guides to the under-published field of early modern women's writing.

• Brings together more than twenty leading international scholars to provide the definitive survey volume to the field of early modern women's writing
• Examines individual texts, including works by Mary Sidney, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn
• Explores the historical context and generic diversity of early modern women's writing, as well as the theoretical issues that underpin its study
• Provides a clear sense of the full extent of women's contributions to early modern literary culture

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2008-02-19

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781405176118

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Dimensions: 245.1cm x172.7cm

Pages: 416.0