Women writing back/writing women back :: transnational perspectives from the late Middle Ages to the dawn of the modern era /

Interest in early modern women writers is on the rise. However, familiarity with their works varies greatly from one country to another, and resources to assess their historical significance remain insufficient. Yet empirical evidence suggests that women writers who are no longer well-known today pl...

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Other Authors: Gilleir, Anke, Montoya, Alicia, Dijk, Suzanna van
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Intersections (Boston, Mass.) ; v. 16.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Interest in early modern women writers is on the rise. However, familiarity with their works varies greatly from one country to another, and resources to assess their historical significance remain insufficient. Yet empirical evidence suggests that women writers who are no longer well-known today played surprisingly varied roles in the literary field of early modern Europe. The papers collected in this volume address early modern female authorship from the late Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century, ranging geographically from Portugal to Russia, and from Italy to Denmark. In partic.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 381 pages :)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004193536
9004193537
1282952706
9781282952706
9786612952708
6612952709
ISSN:1568-1811 ;

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