The Politics of Early Modern Women's Writing (Paperback)

The Politics of Early Modern Women's Writing challenges the conventional view of Renaissance women as marginal to the cultural reproduction of the time.

Danielle Clarke examines the texts of women in the Renaissance period in relation to their social and historical contexts, while at the same time examining how women's experiences shaped their work .She discusses some of the more familiar, as well as lesser known, figures of their time, including, Mary Sidney, Countess of Penbroke, Isabella Whitney, Lady Mary Wroth, Anne Lok, Aemilia Lanyer Lady Anne Southwell, Elizabeth Cary, Martha Moulsworth, Elizabeth Colville, Diana Primrose and Anne Cooke Bacon.