| Description |
xvi, 381 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Intersections, 1568-1811 ; v. 16 |
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Intersections (Boston, Mass.) ; v. 16.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: toward a new conception of women's literary history / Anke Gilleir and Alicia C. Montoya -- 'To promote God's praise and her neighbour's salvation'. Strategies of authorship and readership among mystic women in the later Middle Ages / Madeleine Jeay and Kathleen Garay -- Gendering place: the role of place in Anne Krabbe's Ballad works / Anne-Marie Mai -- 'To make frequent assemblies, associations, and combinations amongst our sex.' Nascent ideas of female bonding in seventeenth-century England / Ina Schabert -- Women and literary sociability in eighteenth-century Lisbon / Vanda Anastacio -- Female writing and the use of literary byways. Pastoral drama by Maddalena Campiglia (1553-1595) / Philiep Bossier -- Prescriptions for women: alchemy, medicine and the renaissance Querelle des femmes / Meredith K. Ray -- The appropriation of the genre of nuptial poetry by Katharina Lescailje (1649-1711) / Nina Geerdink -- Madame De Maintenon Au Miroir de sa correspondance: rehabilitation du personnage et redecouverte d'une ecriture feminine / Christine Mongenot and Hans Bots -- French women writers and heroic genres / Perry Gethner -- The tartar girl, the Persian princess, and early modern English women's authorship from Elizabeth II to to Mary Wroth / Bernadette Andrea -- A cloistered nun abroad: Arcangela Tarabotti's international literary career / Lara Lynn Westwater -- Traveller, pedagogue and cultural mediator: Marie-Elisabeth De La Fite and her female context / Ineke Janse -- Translation and intellectual reflection in the works of enlightened Spanish women: Ines Joyes (1731-1808) / Monica Bolufer -- 'Nous voudrions que les femmes s'occupent de la litterature': traductions des romancieres francaises en russie autour de 1800 / Elena Gretchanaia. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
European literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism.
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European literature -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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European literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Women and literature -- Europe -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gilleir, Anke.
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Montoya, Alicia.
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Dijk, Suzanna van.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004184633 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9004184635 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9789004193536 (electronic bk.) |
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