Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Public women: the Restoration to the death of Aphra Behn, 1660–1689
- 2 Partisans of virtue and religion, 1689–1702
- 3 Politics, gallantry, and ladies in the reign of Queen Anne, 1702–1714
- 4 Battle joined, 1715–1737
- 5 Women as members of the literary family, 1737–1756
- 6 Bluestockings and sentimental writers, 1756–1776
- 7 Romance and comedy, 1777–1789
- Notes
- Recommended modern editions
- Select bibliography
- Index
1 - Public women: the Restoration to the death of Aphra Behn, 1660–1689
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Public women: the Restoration to the death of Aphra Behn, 1660–1689
- 2 Partisans of virtue and religion, 1689–1702
- 3 Politics, gallantry, and ladies in the reign of Queen Anne, 1702–1714
- 4 Battle joined, 1715–1737
- 5 Women as members of the literary family, 1737–1756
- 6 Bluestockings and sentimental writers, 1756–1776
- 7 Romance and comedy, 1777–1789
- Notes
- Recommended modern editions
- Select bibliography
- Index
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(place of publication is London, unless otherwise indicated; dates and places of performance are given for plays).
1662 Katharine Evans. This is the Short Relation of some of the Cruel Suffering (For Truth's Sake) of Katharine Evans and Sarah Cheevers, in the Inquisition in the Isle of Malta
1662/3 Katherine Philips. Pompey, a Tragœdy (Dublin, performed; 1663 printed Dublin and London)
1666 Margaret Fell Fox. Women's Speaking Justified, proved and allowed of by the Scripture
1666 Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. Observations upon Experimental Philosophy + The Description of a New Blazing World
1667 Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. The Life of the Thrice Noble, High and Puissant Prince William Cavendishe, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Newcastle
1664–71 (written) (published 1806). Lucy Hutchinson, The Life of Colonel Hutchinson
1667 Katherine Philips. Poems. By the Most deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda …
1677 Aphra Behn. The Rover: or, the Banish't Cavaliers (Dorset Garden)
1678 (Boston). [Anne Bradstreet], Several Poems: Compiled with great Variety of Wit and Learning
1682 (Boston) Mary Rowlandson. The Soveraignty and Goodness of God, Together, With the faithfulness of his Promises Displayed; Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson; A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, A Minister's Wife in New England (London)
1684 Aphra Behn. Poems upon Several Occasions: With a Voyage to the Island of Love
1687 Aphra Behn. The Emperor of the Moon. A Farce (Dorset Garden)
1688 Aphra Behn. The Fair Jilt: or, the History of Prince Tarquin and Miranda
1688 Aphra Behn. Oronooko, or, the Royal Slave. A True History
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