Royalist women writers, 1650-1689

Looking in detail at the work of Margaret Cavendish, Katherine Philips, and Aphra Behn, this work argues that their writings inaugurate a more assertive model of the Englishwoman as literary author, which is crucially enabled by their royalist affiliations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chalmers, Hero
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 2004.
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, > Duchess of, > 1624?-1674 > Criticism and interpretation.
Philips, Katherine, > 1632-1664 > Criticism and interpretation.
Behn, Aphra, > 1640-1689 > Criticism and interpretation.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Royalists > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Royalists > Great Britain > Intellectual life.
Royalists in literature.
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Description
Summary:Looking in detail at the work of Margaret Cavendish, Katherine Philips, and Aphra Behn, this work argues that their writings inaugurate a more assertive model of the Englishwoman as literary author, which is crucially enabled by their royalist affiliations.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 228 p.) : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191706356 (ebook) :

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