This anthology represents a re-examination of its field, based on extensive archival research. Each woman's work is accompanied by a headnote which combines bio

An anthology of previously unpublished and hard-to-find poetic material from early modern women who wrote in manuscript form. It features a broad and useful int

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Much has been written about women of the English Renaissance, but few examples of women's writing from that era have been readily available until now. This rema

This book contains the first comprehensive account of writing by women from the mid sixteenth century through to 1700. At the same time, it traces the way a rep