The female baroque in early modern English literary culture : from Mary Sidney to Aphra Behn /

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The Female Baroque is a contribution to the revival since the 1980s of early modern women's writings and cultural production in English. Its originality is twofold: it links women's writing in English with the wider context of Baroque culture, and it introduces the issue of gender into dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Waller, Gary F. (Gary Fredric), 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.
Series:Gendering the late medieval and early modern world ; 9.
Subjects:
Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, > Countess of, > 1561-1621.
Behn, Aphra, > 1640-1689.
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Baroque literature > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Littérature baroque > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Literary studies: c. 1500 to c. 1800.
British and Irish history.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain > Georgian Era (1714-1837)
Baroque literature.
English literature > Early modern.
Women and literature.
England.
Baroque.
Female Baroque.
Julia Kristeva.
Women's writing.
early modern England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction and Acknowledgements
  • 1. The Labyrinthine Baroque
  • 2. The Female Baroque
  • 3. Catholic Female Baroque
  • 4. Protestant Baroque
  • 5. The Female Baroque in Court and Country
  • 6. Lady Mary Wroth : The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania and Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
  • 7. From Baroque to Enlightenment: Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn
  • Postscript
  • About the Author
  • Index

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