Writing Women in Jacobean England
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (511 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674962435 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Their writings provide valuable insight into the roles women played in the literary and social milieu of Jacobean England. . Ives, SUNY at GeneseoCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal In early 17th-century England, an era known for patriarchy and repression, women were expected to know their place and keep silent. Yet male domination was resisted and challenged by some of these women in their domestic lives and through their letters, diaries, poetry, and drama. In this thoroughly researched volume of criticism, Lewalski analyzes the long-ignored writing of such women as Elizabeth Cary, Aemilia Lanyer, Rachel Speght, and Mary Wroth, as well as Queen Anne and Princess Elizabeth. An important contribution to the study of English literature and feminism that will encourage further investigation of a neglected era, this book is highly recommended for all academic libraries.- Nancy R
Some, however, were not, and these are the women who interest Barbara Lewalski, those who, as petitioners and patrons, historians and poets took up the pen to challenge and subvert the repressive patriarchal ideology of Jacobean England.. When was feminism born - in the 1960s, or in the 1660s? For England, the answer might be the early decades of the 17th century. James I was King of England, and women were expected to be chaste, obedient, subordinate and silent
A great book from a great critic Through focusing on women writers of the Jacobean period, Barbara kiefer Lwalski celebrates the "resistance' that those women exposed not only to the patriarchal culture, but also to its misogyny and anti-feminism. Lewalski reads against many critics who see in the Jacobean women writing as a mere literary experience void of any political resistance and subversion. In fact, Lewalski's tendency to
She has been named honored scholar by the Milton Society of America, and has served as President of that organization and of the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women. Professor of English Literature and of History and Literature, and Director of Graduate Studies in English at Harvard University. Her numerous publications include "Milton's