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When was feminism born - in the 1960s or in the 1660s? For England, one might answer: the early decades of the 17th century. James I was King of England, and women were expected to be chaste, obedient, subordinate, and silent. Some, however, were not, and these are the women who interest Barbara Lewalski - those who, as queens and petitioners, patrons and historians and poets, took up the pen to challenge and subvert the repressive patriarchal ideology of Jacobean England. Setting out to show how these women wrote themselves into their culture, Lewalski rewrites Renaissance history to include some of its most compelling - and neglected - voices.
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Lewalski (Harvard) tells the story of the "breakthrough to female authorship" in the early 17th century. Her command of primary (including archival) and secondary material enables Lewalski to explain with admirable clarity how "in their lives and works these Jacobean women collectively challenged patriarchal ideology, resisting the construct of women as chaste, silent, obedient, and subordinate; and they rewrote the major discourses of their era in strikingly oppositional terms." Lewalski's careful accounts of the gender polemicist Rachel Speght, the poet and historian Elizabeth Cary, the poet Aemilia Lanyer, and the author of romance fiction Mary Wroth provide handy summaries and judicious readings of works still insufficiently known. This study will be most welcome to teachers who wish to bring female authors into their courses in 17th-century literature. Illustrated with portraits of the authors (some really patrons rather than pen wielders); very richly annotated. A must for academic collections. E. D. Hill; Mount Holyoke College
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In early 17th-century England, an era known for patriarchy and repression, women were expected to know their place and keep silent. Yet male domination was resisted and challenged by some of these women in their domestic lives and through their letters, diaries, poetry, and drama. In this thoroughly researched volume of criticism, Lewalski analyzes the long-ignored writing of such women as Elizabeth Cary, Aemilia Lanyer, Rachel Speght, and Mary Wroth, as well as Queen Anne and Princess Elizabeth. Their writings provide valuable insight into the roles women played in the literary and social milieu of Jacobean England. An important contribution to the study of English literature and feminism that will encourage further investigation of a neglected era, this book is highly recommended for all academic libraries.-- Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.