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Elizabeth Cary’s Mariam and the Critique of Pure Reason
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsElizabeth Cary’s Mariam and the Critique of Pure Reason Hamlin, William M. Early Modern Literary Studies 9.1 (May 2003) Abstract Most discussions of Elizabeth Cary’s Tragedy of Mariam have concentrated... -
Romancing Multiplicity: Female Subjectivity and the Body Divisible in Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing World
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsRomancing Multiplicity: Female Subjectivity and the Body Divisible in Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing World Wagner, Geraldine Early Modern Literary Studies 9.1 (May 2003) Abstract By exploring the mutually constitutive relationship between... -
“New Sects of Love”: Neoplatonism and Constructions of Gender in Davenant’s The Temple of Love and The Platonick
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No Comments“New Sects of Love”: Neoplatonism and Constructions of Gender in Davenant’s The Temple of Love and The Platonick Dawson, Lesel Early Modern Literary Studies 8.1 (May 2002) Abstract This article... -
The Pitfalls of Female Leadership: The Power and Subversion of Gender Identity
Posted on February 27, 2010 | No CommentsWomen’s History Symposium 2009 lecture by Gillian Hendershot 3/25/09; Hendershot discusses the challenges faced by Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I of England in “The Pitfalls of Female Leadership:... -
Isabella Whitney’s “Lamentation upon the death of William Gruffith”
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsIsabella Whitney’s “Lamentation upon the death of William Gruffith” Martin, Randall Early Modern Literary Studies 3.1 (May 1997) Abstract In two notes published several years ago, R.J. Fehrenbach speculated that... -
Women (Authors) on Top
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsWomen (Authors) on Top Crawford, Julie Early Modern Culture, No. 5 (2006) Abstract Of the essays and books that have been particularly influential in the study of early modern women... -
A Case for Credit: Isabella Whitney’s “Wyll and Testament” and the Mock Testament Tradition
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsA Case for Credit: Isabella Whitney’s “Wyll and Testament” and the Mock Testament Tradition Ingram, Jill P. Early Modern Culture, No. 5 (2006) Abstract The speaker in Isabella Whitney’s “Wyll... -
Conning the “Overseers”: Women’s Illicit Work in Behn’s “The Adventure of the Black Lady”
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsConning the “Overseers”: Women’s Illicit Work in Behn’s “The Adventure of the Black Lady” Ferguson, Margaret Early Modern Culture, No. 5 (2006) Abstract Having spent some fifteen years thinking (off... -
When Women Ruled the World: The Glorious Sixteenth Century
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsWhen Women Ruled the World: The Glorious Sixteenth Century Quilligan, Marueen Early Modern Culture, No. 5 (2006) Abstract From approximately the middle of the 16th century to close to its... -
The Case of Moll Frith: Women’s Work and the “All-Male Stage”
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe Case of Moll Frith: Women’s Work and the “All-Male Stage” Korda, Natasha Early Modern Culture, No. 4 (2004) Abstract Recent scholarship on women’s involvement in theatrical production in early... -
Domestic Shebas: A Response to Ann Rosalind Jones, “Needle, Scepter, Sovereignty”
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsDomestic Shebas: A Response to Ann Rosalind Jones, “Needle, Scepter, Sovereignty” Summit, Jennifer Early Modern Culture, No. 3 (2003) Abstract In “Needle, Scepter, Sovereignty: the Queen of Sheba in Englishwomen’s... -
Needle, Scepter, Sovereignty: The Queen of Sheba in Englishwomen’s Amateur Needlework
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsNeedle, Scepter, Sovereignty: The Queen of Sheba in Englishwomen’s Amateur Needlework Jones, Ann Rosalind Early Modern Culture, No. 3 (2003) Abstract In this essay, I want to propose a similar... -
What Do You Do With a Woman Warrior?: A Response to “‘Effeminate Dayes’”
Posted on February 17, 2010 | No CommentsWhat Do You Do With a Woman Warrior?: A Response to “‘Effeminate Dayes’” Rackin, Phyllis Early Modern Culture, No. 1 (2000) Abstract Banks and Holderness make a convincing argument that... -
‘Effeminate Dayes’
Posted on February 17, 2010 | No Comments‘Effeminate Dayes’ Banks, Carol & Holderness, Graham Early Modern Culture, No. 1 (2000) Abstract Whilst acknowledging that these accounts, or primary historical sources, are observations and possible generalisations from a... -
Satire and Domesticity in Late Eighteenth-Century Women’s Poetry: Minding the Gap
Posted on February 17, 2010 | No CommentsSatire and Domesticity in Late Eighteenth-Century Women’s Poetry: Minding the Gap Johns-Putra, Adeline Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies Vol. 33 No. 1 (2010) Abstract This article examines the work of four... -
Fast and Fashionable: The Girls in the Girl of the Period Miscellany
Posted on February 15, 2010 | No CommentsFast and Fashionable: The Girls in the Girl of the Period Miscellany Moruzi, Kristine Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, Vol 14, No 1 (2009) Abstract The Girl of the Period... -
“A Study in Starvation”: The New Girl and the Gendered Socialisation of Appetite in Sarah Grand’s The Beth Book
Posted on February 15, 2010 | No Comments“A Study in Starvation”: The New Girl and the Gendered Socialisation of Appetite in Sarah Grand’s The Beth Book Dennis, Abigail Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, Vol 12, No 1... -
Purging the Self: Entering the Abject in Victorian Texts of Vaginal Exploration
Posted on February 15, 2010 | No CommentsPurging the Self: Entering the Abject in Victorian Texts of Vaginal Exploration McManus, Nicole Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, Vol 13, No 1 (2008) Abstract In the second half of... -
Ephemeral Journalism and Its Uses: Lucie Cobbe Heaton Armstrong (1851–1907)
Posted on January 20, 2010 | No CommentsEphemeral Journalism and Its Uses: Lucie Cobbe Heaton Armstrong (1851–1907) Mitchell, Sally Victorian Periodicals Review, Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 2009 Abstract Both the anonymity of much nineteenth-century journalism and... -
Figures in Silk: A Novel
Posted on January 15, 2010 | No CommentsFigures in Silk: A Novel By Vanora Bennett Publisher: Harper Collins, October 20, 2009 ISBN: 9780061689840 Two sisters discover passion during the War of the Roses-one in the arms of... -
“Remembering Cynthia: The Legacy of Elizabeth I in the Poetry of Aemilia Lanyer and Diana Primrose”
Posted on January 3, 2010 | No Comments“Remembering Cynthia: The Legacy of Elizabeth I in the Poetry of Aemilia Lanyer and Diana Primrose” Kim, Younkyung Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 15 No. 1 (2007) Abstract... -
Questioning Men’s Love in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella and Lady Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
Posted on January 3, 2010 | No CommentsQuestioning Men’s Love in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella and Lady Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia to Amphilanthus Cañadas, Ivan Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 13 (2005) Abstract The... -
Gender and Translation in Early Modern England
Posted on January 1, 2010 | No CommentsGender and Translation in Early Modern England Lee, Jongsook Medieval English Studies, vol. 10 (2002) No. 2 Abstract Speculating about the possible motives of Mary Sidney’s decision to translate Robert... -
The Rhetoric of Mortality: Elizabeth I’s Use of Death
Posted on December 30, 2009 | No CommentsThe Rhetoric of Mortality: Elizabeth I’s Use of Death Tesdal, Luke Early English Studies, vol. 1 (2007) Abstract This paper examines Elizabeth I’s use of death in her rhetoric. Built...