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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 July 2010
      17 January 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511483530
      9780521880671
      9780521130127
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511483530
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 264 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.39kg, 264 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Renaissance and Early Modern Literature, British History after 1450, History
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    Long considered marginal in early modern culture, women writers were actually central to the development of a Protestant literary tradition in England. Kimberly Anne Coles explores their contribution to this tradition through thorough archival research in publication history and book circulation; the interaction of women's texts with those written by men; and the traceable influence of women's writing upon other contemporary literary works. Focusing primarily upon Katherine Parr, Anne Askew, Mary Sidney Herbert, and Anne Vaughan Lok, Coles argues that the writings of these women were among the most popular and influential works of sixteenth-century England. This book is full of prevalent material and fresh analysis for scholars of early modern literature, culture and religious history.

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    Review of the hardback:'Coles’s innovative arguments are forcefully articulated and developed with attention to a variety of forms of evidence ranging from close reading of passages to analysis of publication histories. This book represents an important addition to a by now well-established scholarly conversation concerning early modern women’s writings.'

    Nancy Bradley Warren Source: The Journal of British Studies

    Review of the hardback:'This book will certainly stimulate discussion in the years to come, for it not only offers compelling interpretations of individual texts, but it also asks us to take another look at the enormously complex development of religious poetry and the role that women played in sorting out cultural cross-currents.'

    Micheline White Source: Reformation

    Review of the hardback:'Coles's willingness to make bold arguments for the cultural significance of women's writing is a welcome advancement of the field.'

    Erica Longfellow Source: Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature

    '… this is a fine piece of research that is compellingly argued and genuinely sheds new light on our understanding of early modern women's writing and its influence.'

    Source: Literature and History

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