Early modern Englishwomen testing ideas

Folger bibliographic ID: 245471
Folger call number: PR418.W65 E27 2011
Folger holdings ID: 312199

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Philosophy and science -- Mary Astell's Machiavellian moment: politics and feminism in Moderation truly stated / Jacqueline Broad -- "that you may [be]" as wise as angels: the religious foundations of Mary Astell's Proposal for the ladies, pts. 1 and 2 / Michal Michelson -- Disruptive behaviour in the making of science: Cavendish and the community of seventeenth-century science / Jo Wallwork -- The magnetic attraction of Margaret Cavendish and Walter Charleton / L.E. Semler -- Women and drama -- "Yes, and-": Margaret Cavendish, the passions, and hermaphrodite agency / Alexandra G. Bennett -- Virginian culture and experimental genre in Aphra Behn's The widow ranter / David McInnis -- Politics and intrigue -- "La femme forte": Katherine Philips and the politics of her Dublin writings, 1662-1663 / Rosalinde Schut -- Narrative person, perspective, and voice in Eliza Haywood's The adventures of Eovaai / Joanna Fowler

Extended title: Early modern Englishwomen testing ideas / edited by Jo Wallwork and Paul Salzman

English literature Women and literature Women Women philosophers Women dramatists, English Women novelists, English

associated with: Wallwork, Jo
associated with: Salzman, Paul