Description |
1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: mapping the territory; chapter 1 Margaret Hoby: the stewardship of time; chapter 2 The construction of a life: the diaries of Anne Clifford; chapter 3 Pygmalion's image: the lives of Lucy Hutchinson; chapter 4 Ann Fanshawe: private historian; chapter 5 Romance and respectability: the autobiography of Anne Halkett; chapter 6 Margaret Cavendish: shy person to Blazing Empress; Conclusion: "The Life of Me"; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Early modern autobiographies and diaries provide a unique insight into women's lives and how they represented themselves. Combining a fresh account of the development of autobiography with close reading, this important contribution to the fields of early modern literary studies and gender studies illuminates the interactions between literature and autobiography |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
SUBJECT |
Fanshawe, Ann 1625-1680 gnd |
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Halkett, Anne 1622-1699 gnd |
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Hoby, Margaret 1570-1633 gnd |
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Hutchinson, Lucy 1620-1681 gnd |
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Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish of 1624-1674 gnd |
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Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert of 1590-1676 gnd |
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Hutchinson, Lucy. swd |
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Hoby, Margaret. swd |
Subject |
Autobiography -- Women authors.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Autobiography -- Women authors
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Autobiografie
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Schriftstellerin
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Autobiographie -- englische -- Frau -- Geschichte 17. Jh.
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Frau -- Autobiographie -- englische -- Geschichte 17. Jh.
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Frau -- Selbstbiographie -- Englisch -- Geschichte -- 1600-1680.
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Selbstbiographie -- Englisch -- Frau -- Geschichte -- 1600-1680.
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England
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Englisch.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
051116128X |
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9780511161285 |
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0511160186 |
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9780511160189 |
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0511160755 |
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9780511160752 |
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0511161468 |
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9780511161469 |
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9780511483967 |
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0511483961 |
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128043693X |
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9781280436932 |
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1107155894 |
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9781107155893 |
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0511312237 |
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9780511312236 |
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9780521121644 |
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0521121647 |
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