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Early modern women on the fall : an anthology / edited by Michelle M. Dowd and Thomas Festa.

Title
  1. Early modern women on the fall : an anthology / edited by Michelle M. Dowd and Thomas Festa.
Published by
  1. Tempe : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2012.
Format
  1. Book/text

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Additional authors
  1. Dowd, Michelle M., 1975-
  2. Festa, Thomas
Description
  1. vi, 386 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "This anthology presents the works of eighteen early modern Englishwomen addressing the biblical story of the Fall from the Book of Genesis. The texts, many of which are available in a modern edition for the first time, are fully annotated and introduced for use by students and researchers alike. In addition, the anthology includes supplementary materials that these writers would have known intimately, such as the marriage ceremony from The Book of Common Prayer and the account of the Fall in both the Geneva and Authorized (King James) versions, as well as a selected bibliography of scholarly works." -- Publisher description.
Series statement
  1. Medieval and renaissance texts and studies ; v. 410
  2. MRTS texts for teaching ; v. 5
Uniform title
  1. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 410.
  2. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series). MRTS texts for teaching ; v. 5.
Subject
  1. Fall of man -- Literary collections. - [Browse in index]
  2. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700. - [Browse in index]
  3. English literature -- Women authors. - [Browse in index]
  4. Women -- Literary collections. - [Browse in index]
Genre/Form
  1. Literary collections
Contents
  1. Introduction: Adam's rib, Eve's voice / Michelle M. Dowd and Thomas Festa -- "To the virtuous reader" (1611) ; "Eve's apology" from Salve deus rex judaeorum (1611) / Aemilia Lanyer -- Selections from The mother's blessing (1616) / Dorothy Leigh -- A muzzle for Melastomus (1617) / Rachel Speght -- Selections from Esther hath hanged Haman (1617) / Esther Sowerman -- "A defense of women" (1617) / Joan Sharp -- The countess of Lincoln's nursery (1622) / Elizabeth Clinton -- "All married men desire to have good wives" (1626) ; "An elegy written by the Lady A.S. to the Countess of Londonderry" (1626) / Lady Anne Southwell -- "Of our loss by Adam, and our gain by Christ" from Meditations of man's mortality, or a way to true blessedness (1634) / Alice Sutcliffe -- "Poets have most pleasure in this life" from Poems and fancies (1653) / Margaret Cavendish -- "To Antenor, on a paper of mine" from Poems (1667) / Katherine Philips -- "The creation of man" from The sacred history (1669) ; "Man's shameful fall" from The sacred history (1669) / Mary Roper -- "A description of the Garden of Eden (1672-1684) / Dorothy Calthorpe -- An essay to revive the ancient education of gentlewomen (1673) / Bathsua Makin -- Order and disorder, cantos 1-5 (1679) / Lucy Hutchinson -- The female advocate (1687) / Sarah Fyge -- "A farewell to poetry, with a long digression on anatomy" (1688) / Jane Barker -- A serious proposal to the ladies (1694) / Mary Astell -- The ladies' defense (1701) / Lady Mary Chudleigh.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Language
  1. English
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
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