A Companion to Early Modern Women′s Writing

This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student-oriented guides to the under-published field of early modern womens writing. Brings together more than twenty leading international scholars to provide the definitive survey volume to the field of early modern womens writing Examines individual texts, including works by Mary Sidney, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn Explores the historical context and generic diversity of early modern womens writing, as well as the theoretical issues that underpin its study Provides a clear sense of the full extent of womens contributions to early modern literary culture