Authority and female authorship in colonial America /
Should women concern themselves with reading other than the Bible? Should women attempt to write at all? Did these activities violate the hierarchy of the universe and men's and women's places in it? Colonial American women relied on the same authorities and traditions as did colonial men,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The University Press of Kentucky,
2015
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Should women concern themselves with reading other than the Bible? Should women attempt to write at all? Did these activities violate the hierarchy of the universe and men's and women's places in it? Colonial American women relied on the same authorities and traditions as did colonial men, but they encountered special difficulties validating themselves in writing. William Scheick explores logonomic conflict in the works of northeastern colonial women, whose writings often register anxiety not typical of their male contemporaries. This study features the poetry of Mary English and Anne Bradstre. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (164 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780813158594 0813158591 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
