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Early Modern Women´s Writing: An Anthology 1560-1700
Paul (Ed) Salzman
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Paperback. Editor(s): Salzman, Dr Paul. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 356.
In a famous passage in A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf asked 'why women did not write poetry in the Elizabethan age'. She went on to speculate about an imaginary Judith Shakespeare who might have been destined for a career as illustrious as that of her brother William, except that she had none of his chances. The truth is that many women wrote during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and this collection will serve to introduce modern readers to the full variety of women's writing in this period from poems, prose and fiction to prophecies, letters, tracts and philosophy. ... Read more
In a famous passage in A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf asked 'why women did not write poetry in the Elizabethan age'. She went on to speculate about an imaginary Judith Shakespeare who might have been destined for a career as illustrious as that of her brother William, except that she had none of his chances. The truth is that many women wrote during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and this collection will serve to introduce modern readers to the full variety of women's writing in this period from poems, prose and fiction to prophecies, letters, tracts and philosophy. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199549672
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V9780199549672
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