1st Edition
Sarah Fyge Egerton Printed Writings, 1641–1700: Series II, Part Four, Volume 2
By Robert C. Evans
Copyright 2012
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sarah Fyge Egerton (1668-1723) is an intriguing poet who wrote a great deal of poetry during a period when women poets were relatively rare. Her career also began at an astonishingly early age: she was barely fourteen years old when one of her poems was first printed in London. Throughout much of her life Egerton used poetry to share her thoughts, vent her feelings, and participate, to a highly... Read more
Contents: Preface by the General Editors; Introductory note; Female Advocate: or, an Answer to a Late Satyr Against The Pride, Lust and Inconstancy, &c. of Woman. Written by a Lady in Vindication of her Sex. (1686; ESTC R 16722); The Female Advocate: or, an Answer to a Late Satyr Against the Pride, Lust and Inconstancy of Woman. Written by a Lady in Vindication of her Sex. (1707; ESTC T191079); Poems on Several Occasions, Together with a Pastoral. By Mrs. S.F. (1703; ESTC T125148).
Biography
Robert C. Evans is Distinguished Teaching and Research Professor in the Department of English and Philosophy at Auburn University, Montgomery, USA
