Women's Writing of the Early Modern Period 1588-1688 : : An Anthology / / Stephanie Hodgson-Wright.
This multi-genre anthology brings together a wide selection of women's published writing from the Early Modern period. These include writings by Margaret Cavendish, Anne Trapnel, Aphra Behn, Mary Carleton, Elizabeth Cary, Jane Anger and Rachel Speght. The volume covers a representative range of...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Women's Writing Anthologies : WWA
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- 1588 1 Elizabeth I, Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
- 1589 2 Jane Anger, from Her Protection for Women
- 1592 3 Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, from A Discourse of Life and Death
- 1593 4 Elizabeth I, Speech at the Dissolving of Parliament
- 1601 5 Elizabeth I, The Golden Speech
- 1602 6 Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, A Dialogue between two shepherds, Thenot and Piers, in Praise of Astraea'
- 1611 7 Aemilia Lanyer, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
- 1613 8 Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry
- 1617 9 Rachel Speght, from A Muzzle for Melastomus
- 1621 10 Lady Mary Wroth, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
- 1630 11 Diana Primrose, from A Chain of Pearl
- 1642 12 Anne Stagg, et al., A True Copy of the Petition of Gentlewomen, and Tradesmen's Wives
- 1648 13 Elizabeth Poole, A Vision: Wherein is Manifested the Disease and Cure of the Kingdom
- 1654 14 Anna Trapnel, Strange and Wonderful News from Whitehall
- 1663 15 Mary Carleton, from The Case of Madam Mary Carleton
- 1667 16 Katherine Philips, from Poems
- 1668 17 Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, The Convent of Pleasure
- 1673 18 Bathsua Makin, from An Essay to Revive the Ancient Education of Gentlewomen
- 1678 19 Anne Bradstreet, from Several Poems
- 1688 20 Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave
- 21 Alphra Behn, The Widow Ranter, or The History of Bacon in Virginia
- Notes
- Biographical notes
- Bibliography
- Index of themes