'Bethinke thy selfe' in early modern England : : writing women's identities /

'Bethinke thy selfe' in early modern England : : writing women's identities / / Ulrike Tancke.

Early modern women writers are typically studied as voices from the margin, who engage in a counter-discourse to patriarchy and whose identities prefigure postmodern notions of fragmented selfhood. Studying a variety of literary forms – autobiographical writings, diaries, mothers’ advice books, poet...

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Superior document:Costerus ; new ser., v. 180
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Tancke, Ulrike.
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam ;, New York, NY : : Rodopi,, 2010.
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Costerus New Series 180.
Physical Description:1 online resource (266 pages).
Notes:Rev. version of author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Trier, 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WRITING THE SELF: IDENTITY THROUGH AUTHORSHIP
  • SELF AND OTHER: IDENTITY AND RELATIONALITY
  • THE SELF UNDER THREAT: SELF-ANNIHILATION, SELFABNEGATION, SELF-LOSS AND DEATH
  • THE STRUGGLE FOR STABILITY: CONTRADICTION AND AMBIGUITY
  • PRIVATE/PUBLIC SPACES: BOUNDARIES, POLARITIES AND TRANSGRESSION
  • THE SEARCH FOR THE “GOLDEN MEANE”: RETHINKING MARGINALITY AND POWER
  • EPILOGUE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.

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