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A Companion to Early Modern Women´s Writing
Arturo Pacheco
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Description for A Companion to Early Modern Women´s Writing
Hardback. This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student--oriented guides to the under--published field of early modern womena s writing. Editor(s): Pacheco, Anita. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 188 x 27. Weight in Grams: 916.
This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student-oriented guides to the under-published field of early modern women's writing.
- Brings together more than twenty leading international scholars to provide the definitive survey volume to the field of early modern women's writing
- Examines individual texts, including works by Mary Sidney, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn
- Explores the historical context and generic diversity of early modern women's writing, as well as the theoretical issues that underpin its study
- Provides a clear sense of the full extent of women's contributions to early modern literary culture
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631217022
SKU
V9780631217022
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About Arturo Pacheco
Anita Pacheco is a Lecturer in the English Department at the Open University. She has written extensively on Aphra Behn and early modern drama and is the author of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus (2007) in the Writers and their Work series. She is the editor of Early Women Writers 1600–1720 (1998) and joint editor (with John Stachniewski) of John Bunyan: Grace Abounding ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Early Modern Women´s Writing
"Pacheco (humanities, Univ. of Hertfordshire) has produced a much-needed collection that puts into historical and literary perspective the study of early modern women and their writings. [...] In scholarship and critical depth, this volume compares favourably to the many recent publications on early modern women; what makes it particularly useful is its accessibility to students just becoming acquainted with the ... Read more