The History of British Women's Writing, 1500-1610 Volume Two [Paperback]

Rethinking the history of women's writing and literary history itself, this new volume examines the diversity of early women's writing (from verse and songs to household records and recipes), offering a new paradigm for understanding women's shaping roles in the literary, religious, and political movements of the sixteenth century.List of Figures Series Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Chronology; E.Vyroubalov? Introduction; C.Bicks & J.Summit PART I: READING AND WRITING Reading Women; H.Brayman Hackel Literary Circles and Coteries; J.Crawford Women in Early English Print Culture; A.Coldiron PART II: COMESTIC SETTINGS Household Writing; C.Richardson Maternal Advice; E.Snook Letters; L.Magnusson PART III: PLAYING SPACES The Street; P.A.Brown The Theater; M.Wynne-Davies PART IV: THE TUDOR COURT The Court; C.Sale Elizabeth I; C.Coch PART V: DEVELOPING HISTORIES Religious Writing and Reformation; N.Bradley Warren Race and Skin Color in Early Modern Women's Writing; S.Iyengar Translation/Historical Writing; C.Laoutaris Bibliography Index

Winner of the 2011 Society for the Study of Early Modern Women Collaborative Project Award

'This is a landmark volume, and one which will give new direction to the study of early modern women and the multiple ways in which they were active participants in the literary culture of the sixteenth century.' - Margaret Ezell, Distinguished Professor of English, Texas A&M University, USA

'This highly stimulating set of essays is the second in a series of volumes charting the history of British women's writing...This volume of essays takes the diversity of female reading and writing practices as its starting point. It also builds on very recent interest in women's productive participation in literary networks and in cultural communities of various sorts, as well as developing the growing literature on the valences of early modern spaces...The authors of these essays have mobilizedls¬