Reading early modern women : an anthology of texts in manuscript and print, 1550-1700

Ostovich, Helen. (Added Author). Sauer, Elizabeth, 1964- (Added Author). Smith, Melissa. (Added Author).

Summary: This remarkable anthology assembles for the first time 144 primary texts and documents written by women between 1550 and 1700 and reveals an unprecedented view of the intellectual and literary lives of women in early modern England.

Record details

ISBN: 9781280059933
ISBN: 1280059931
ISBN: 1135887683
ISBN: 9781135887681
ISBN: 1135887640
ISBN: 9781135887643
ISBN: 1135887691
ISBN: 9781135887698
ISBN: 0415966450
ISBN: 0415966469
ISBN: 0415966469
ISBN: 9780415966467
ISBN: 0415966450
ISBN: 9780415966450
ISBN: 6610059934
ISBN: 9786610059935
ISBN: 9780203643921
ISBN: 0203643925
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 520 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Ch. 1. Legal documents/women's testimony -- ch. 2. The status of women -- ch. 3. Mothers' legacies and medical manuals -- ch. 4. Religion, prophecy, and persecution -- ch. 5. Letters -- ch. 6. Life-writing : nonfiction and fiction -- ch. 7. Translations/alterations -- ch. 8. Poetry -- ch. 9. Plays -- ch. 10. Applied arts and music.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.