Genre and Women's Life Writing in Early Modern England

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Genre and Women's Life Writing in Early Modern England by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781317129363
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 15, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781317129363
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 15, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

By taking account of the ways in which early modern women made use of formal and generic structures to constitute themselves in writing, the essays collected here interrogate the discursive contours of gendered identity in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. The contributors explore how generic choice, mixture, and revision influence narrative constructions of the female self in early modern England. Collectively they situate women's life writings within the broader textual culture of early modern England while maintaining a focus on the particular rhetorical devices and narrative structures that comprise individual texts. Reconsidering women's life writing in light of recent critical trends-most notably historical formalism-this volume produces both new readings of early modern texts (such as Margaret Cavendish's autobiography and the diary of Anne Clifford) and a new understanding of the complex relationships between literary forms and early modern women's 'selves'. This volume engages with new critical methods to make innovative connections between canonical and non-canonical writing; in so doing, it helps to shape the future of scholarship on early modern women.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

By taking account of the ways in which early modern women made use of formal and generic structures to constitute themselves in writing, the essays collected here interrogate the discursive contours of gendered identity in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. The contributors explore how generic choice, mixture, and revision influence narrative constructions of the female self in early modern England. Collectively they situate women's life writings within the broader textual culture of early modern England while maintaining a focus on the particular rhetorical devices and narrative structures that comprise individual texts. Reconsidering women's life writing in light of recent critical trends-most notably historical formalism-this volume produces both new readings of early modern texts (such as Margaret Cavendish's autobiography and the diary of Anne Clifford) and a new understanding of the complex relationships between literary forms and early modern women's 'selves'. This volume engages with new critical methods to make innovative connections between canonical and non-canonical writing; in so doing, it helps to shape the future of scholarship on early modern women.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Religions of South Africa (Routledge Revivals) by
Cover of the book Hermeneutic Philosophy and the Sociology of Art by
Cover of the book Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt by
Cover of the book Studying Teacher Education by
Cover of the book Culture and Global Change by
Cover of the book Photography, Natural History and the Nineteenth-Century Museum by
Cover of the book Imaginative Management Control by
Cover of the book Ideology and Linguistic Theory by
Cover of the book Renewable Energy - The Facts by
Cover of the book Drama at the Heart of the Secondary School by
Cover of the book Revival: Soviet Work Attitudes (1979) by
Cover of the book Maryse Conde and the Space of Literature by
Cover of the book Scientific and Political Freedom in Islam by
Cover of the book Socially Responsible Capitalism and Management by
Cover of the book Psychodynamic Therapy by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy