Women Poets of the Renaissance - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0460879863 ISBN 13 : 9780460879866

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999

Synopsis

This unique anthology brings together work by Renaissance women writers who, like their male counterparts, produced some of the most lyrical and powerful poetry in the English language. In addition to introducing the reader to work by poets such as Isabella Whitney, Jane Cavendish and even Elizabeth I, this anthology highlights various ways of reading it. The historical material included in the introduction covers the roles of women (domestic, literary, aristocratic and religious), how and when they were able to write, and in what circumstances their writings were published. The Selected Criticism looks at the current theories about women's writing, from Joan Kelly Gadol's question `did women have a Renaissance?', to the influences of feminism and new historicism. The last section focuses on possible approaches to the poems in the collection, ensuring that readers are given ways to evaluate each poet.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marion Wynne Davies teaches English at the University of Dundee.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0460879863
• ISBN 13: 9780460879866
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Éditeur: Wynne-Davies Marion
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• Personne responsable: non disponible