The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Women's Writing » (1st Edition)

Laura Lunger Knoppers is Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University.

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

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List of contributors

Acknowledgements

Chronologies

Introduction: critical framework and issues Laura Lunger Knoppers Knoppers, Laura Lunger 1

Pt. I Material matters

1 Women s handwriting Heather Wolfe Wolfe, Heather 21

2 Reading women Edith Snook Snook, Edith 40

3 Manuscript miscellanies Victoria E. Burke Burke, Victoria E. 54

4 Women, the material book and early printing Marcy L. North North, Marcy L. 68

Pt. II Sites of production

5 Women in educational spaces Caroline Bowden Bowden, Caroline 85

6 Women in the household Wendy Wall Wall, Wendy 97

7 Women in church and in devotional spaces Elizabeth Clarke Clarke, Elizabeth 110

8 Women in the royal courts Karen Britland Britland, Karen 124

9 Women in the law courts Frances E. Dolan Dolan, Frances E. 140

10 Women in healing spaces Mary E. Fissell Fissell, Mary E. 153

Pt. III Genres and modes

11 Translation Danielle Clarke Clarke, Danielle 167

12 Letters James Daybell Daybell, James 181

13 Autobiography Ramona Wray Wray, Ramona 194

14 Lyric poetry Helen Wilcox Wilcox, Helen 208

15 Narrative poetry Susanne Woods Woods, Susanne 222

16 Prophecy and religious polemic Hilary Hinds Hinds, Hilary 235

17 Private drama Marta Straznicky Straznicky, Marta 247

18 Public drama Derek Hughes Hughes, Derek 260

19 Prose fiction Lori Humphrey Newcomb Newcomb, Lori Humphrey 272

Index 287