1st Edition
Poetic Resistance English Women Writers and the Early Modern Lyric
By Pamela Hammons
Copyright 2017
198 Pages
by
Routledge
This title was first published in 2002: Pamela Hammons' study contributes to the booming field of early modern women writers by contextualizing and analyzing a unique configuration of underexamined women's texts. By examining how 17th-century English women's composition of lyrics intersects significantly with the social experiences of the writers, the book challenges assumptions that have limited... Read more
Poetic resistance - laying hands on the harp; despised creatures - the illusion of maternal self-effacement in 17th-century child loss poetry; Anna Trapnel as holy poet and lyrical preacher; Penelope, prophet, or poet?; strategic self-figurations in Katherine Austen's "Book M"; conclusion - the harp in hand.
Biography
Pamela Hammonds
