Introduction -- The resources of manuscript: Anne Southwell, readership and literary property -- The material muse: Anne Bradstreet in manuscript and print -- The extraordinary Katherine Philips -- The anxieties of agency: compilation, publicity and judgement in Anne Finch's poetry -- Publishing Marinda: Robert Molesworth, Mary Monck and Caroline of Ansbach -- Conclusion: producing women's poetry
Summary
Gillian Wright combines literary and bibliographical approaches to examine the work of five English women poets in the period 1600-1730
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-268) and index