The Lives of Girls and Women from the Islamic World in Early Modern British Literature and Culture /

"Andrea's thorough and insightful analysis of historical documents, visual records, and literary works focuses on five extraordinary women: Elen More and Lucy Negro, both from Islamic West Africa; Ipolita the Tartarian, a girl acquired from Islamic Central Asia; Teresa Sampsonia, a Circass...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Andrea, Bernadette Diane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women in literature.
Women and literature.
Islamic civilization in literature.
Islam in literature.
Islam and literature.
Girls in literature.
English literature > Women authors.
English literature > Early modern.
Daughters in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Islam dans la litterature.
Civilisation islamique dans la litterature.
Filles dans la litterature.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Islam et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Islam et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Femmes et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Femmes et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Écrits de femmes anglais > Histoire et critique.
Islam and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Islam and literature > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : can the subaltern signify? Tracing the lives of girls and women from the Islamic world in British literature and culture, c. 1500-1630
  • The "presences of women" from the Islamic world in late medieval Scotland and early modern England
  • The Islamic world and the construction of early modern Englishwomen's authorship : Queen Elizabeth I, the Tartar girl, and the Tartar-Indian woman
  • The Islamic world and the construction of early modern Englishwomen's authorship : Lady Mary Wroth, the Tartar-Persian princess, and the Tartar king
  • Signifying gender and Islam in early Shakespeare : Henry VIII or All is true (1613) and British "Masques of blackness"
  • The intersecting paths of two women from the Islamic world : Teresa Sampsonia, Mariam Khanim, and the East India Company.

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