Writing, Gender and State in Early Modern England: Identity Formation and the Female Subject Contributor(s): Matchinske, Megan (Author), Megan, Matchinske (Author), Orgel, Stephen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521622549 ISBN-13: 9780521622547 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: The period from the Reformation to the English Civil War saw an evolving understanding of social identity in England. This book uses four illuminating case studies to chart a shift from mid-sixteenth-century notions of an individually generated, spiritually motivated self, to civil war perceptions of the self as a site of civil control. Each centers on the work of an early modern woman writer in the act of self-definition and authorization, illustrating the evolving relationships between public and private selves and the increasing role of gender in determining different identities for men and women. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Renaissance - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 820.992 |
LCCN: 97027259 |
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.2" W x 9.23" (1.08 lbs) 264 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |