Writing the Way Out

In the early modern period, there have been a vigorous debate in the public arena on the nature of women and their place in society. For instance, most women had been excluded from inheritance. The author of this work is shedding light on how the notion of inheritance intrudes into the literature produced by women of the period. She analyses the tropes of inheritance and appropriation as they are evidenced in the works of women from the upper strata of society women such as Mary (Sidney) Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke, and Lady Mary Wroth, both scions of the renowned Sidney family and also those produced by those from lower down in the social spectrum, such as Aemilia Lanyer and Isabella Whitney.

Autorentext

The author earned her PhD in English Literature from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia in 2010. She is currently working on a joint project to produce a scholarly edition of supplements, continuations and modernisations of Sir Philip Sidney s Arcadia.

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Contents: Aemilia Lanyer: The Description of Cooke-ham - The Dedications - Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum Isabella Whitney: The Copy of a Letter - A Sweet Nosegay, or Pleasant Posy Mary (Sidney) Herbert: Even now that Care - To the Angell spirit of the most excellent Sir Phillip Sidney - The Psalmes Mary Wroth: From Pamphilia to Amphilanthus: A Crowne of Sonnetts dedicated to Love - The First Part of the Countess of Montgomery s Urania.