| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford English monographs |
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Oxford English monographs.
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| Contents |
Contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 'The Gallery of Heroick Women': Margaret Cavendish and the Images of the Author; 2 'Her Harmonious Numbers': The Politics of Friendship in the Poems and Plays of Katherine Philips; 3 'Above a Theatre and Beyond a Throne': Cavendish, Philips, and the Potency of Feminized Retreat; 4 'Secret Instructions': Aphra Behn's Negotiations of the Political Marketplace; Afterword; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Looking in detail at the work of Margaret Cavendish, Katherine Philips, and Aphra Behn, this work argues that their writings inaugurate a more assertive model of the Englishwoman as literary author, which is crucially enabled by their royalist affiliations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-219) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Philips, Katherine, 1632-1664 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 |
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Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674 |
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Philips, Katherine, 1632-1664 |
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
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English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
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Royalists -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
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Royalists -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life
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Royalists in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature -- Early modern
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English literature -- Women authors
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Politics and literature
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Royalists
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Royalists in literature
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Women and literature
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Vrouwen.
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004276170 |
| ISBN |
9781429469579 |
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1429469579 |
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9780199273270 |
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0199273278 |
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9780191515170 |
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0191515175 |
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9786610841165 |
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6610841160 |
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9780191706356 |
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0191706353 |
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1280841168 |
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9781280841163 |
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