A Facsimile Library of Essential Works |
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| Author:
| Travitsky, Betty S.
Cullen, Patrick |
| Series title: | The Early Modern Englishwoman: a Facsimile Library of Essential Works - Printed Writings, 1641-1700: Ser. II, Part One Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-0222-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2003 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $750.00 |
Book Description:
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The three series of Printed Writings (1500-1640, 1641-1700, and 1701-1750) provide a comprehensive, if not entirely complete, collection of separately published writings by women. In reprinting these writings it is intended to remedy one of the major obstacles to the advancement of feminist criticism of the early modern period, namely the unavailability of the very texts upon which the field is based. The volumes in the facsimile library reproduce carefully chosen copies of these...
More DescriptionThe three series of Printed Writings (1500-1640, 1641-1700, and 1701-1750) provide a comprehensive, if not entirely complete, collection of separately published writings by women. In reprinting these writings it is intended to remedy one of the major obstacles to the advancement of feminist criticism of the early modern period, namely the unavailability of the very texts upon which the field is based. The volumes in the facsimile library reproduce carefully chosen copies of these texts, incorporating a short introduction providing an overview of the life and work of a writer along with a survey of important scholarship.Printed Writings 1641-1700, Series II, Part One consists of seven volumes of writings grouped by genre. The set comprises the following titles:Volume 1: Life Writings IVolume 2: Life Writings IIVolume 3: Mother's Advice BooksVolume 4: Writings on MedicineVolume 5: Educational and Vocational BooksVolume 6: AlmanacsVolume 7: Miscellaneous Plays