The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Women's Writing

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Author: Laura Lunger Knoppers

ISBN-10: 0521712424

ISBN-13: 9780521712422

Category: English & Irish Literature Anthologies

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Ideal for courses, this Companion examines the range, historical importance, and aesthetic merit of women's writing in Britain, 1500-1700.

List of illustrations pageList of contributorsAcknowledgementsChronologiesIntroduction: critical framework and issues Laura Lunger Knoppers Knoppers, Laura Lunger 1Pt. I Material matters1 Women s handwriting Heather Wolfe Wolfe, Heather 212 Reading women Edith Snook Snook, Edith 403 Manuscript miscellanies Victoria E. Burke Burke, Victoria E. 544 Women, the material book and early printing Marcy L. North North, Marcy L. 68Pt. II Sites of production5 Women in educational spaces Caroline Bowden Bowden, Caroline 856 Women in the household Wendy Wall Wall, Wendy 977 Women in church and in devotional spaces Elizabeth Clarke Clarke, Elizabeth 1108 Women in the royal courts Karen Britland Britland, Karen 1249 Women in the law courts Frances E. Dolan Dolan, Frances E. 14010 Women in healing spaces Mary E. Fissell Fissell, Mary E. 153Pt. III Genres and modes11 Translation Danielle Clarke Clarke, Danielle 16712 Letters James Daybell Daybell, James 18113 Autobiography Ramona Wray Wray, Ramona 19414 Lyric poetry Helen Wilcox Wilcox, Helen 20815 Narrative poetry Susanne Woods Woods, Susanne 22216 Prophecy and religious polemic Hilary Hinds Hinds, Hilary 23517 Private drama Marta Straznicky Straznicky, Marta 24718 Public drama Derek Hughes Hughes, Derek 26019 Prose fiction Lori Humphrey Newcomb Newcomb, Lori Humphrey 272Index 287