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Women, Writing, And The Reproduction Of Culture In Tudor And Stuart Britain, Elaine Beilin
Women, Writing, And The Reproduction Of Culture In Tudor And Stuart Britain, Elaine Beilin
Elaine V. Beilin
In Tudor and Stuart Britain, women writers were shaped by their culture, but they also helped to shape and reproduce culture through their writing, their patronage and their network of family and friends. Although they submitted to the cultural constraints of femininity, women helped to fashion gender roles. Denied positions of power in government - with the exception of queens - women sought to influence their society's politics through their writings and personal relationships. Through the lens of cultural studies, the editors explore women's material culture, women as agents in reproducing culture, popular culture and women's pamphlets, and women's bodies …
Teaching Tudor And Stuart Women Writers, Elaine Beilin
Teaching Tudor And Stuart Women Writers, Elaine Beilin
Elaine V. Beilin
The increased attention to women's literature of the early modern period has reinvigorated literary study, not by supplanting the traditional canon but by renewing our interest in it. As the volume editors note, "Teaching Spenser's The Faerie Queene is a richer experience when one also teaches Wroth's Urania." Teaching Tudor and Stuart Women Writers summarizes the latest scholarship on British women writers who lived from roughly 1500 to 1700 and suggests strategies for presenting their works in the classroom. Thirty-six essays discuss frequently anthologized pieces by such women as Margaret Cavendish, Elizabeth I, Mary Sidney, and Mary Wroth as well …
A Companion To Early Modern Women's Writing, Elaine Beilin
A Companion To Early Modern Women's Writing, Elaine Beilin
Elaine V. Beilin
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