1st Edition
Texts from the Querelle, 1616–1640 Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III, Part Two, Volume 2
By Pamela J. Benson
Copyright 2008
600 Pages
by
Routledge
600 Pages
by
Routledge
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Misogyny and its opposite, philogyny, have been perennial topics in Western literature from its earliest days to the present day, but only at certain historic periods have pro-woman authors challenged fundamental negative assumptions about women by engaging in formal debate with misogynists and juxtaposing these two attitudes toward women in pairs or series of texts devoted exclusively to... Read more
Contents: Preface by the General Editors; Introductory Note; Daniel Tuvill, Title page, Proem (1-5), Chapter 1 (5-12), Chapter 8 (87-99) and Epilogue (137-62) in Asylum Veneris, orA Sanctvary for Ladies (1616); Rachel Speght, A Mouzell for Melastomvs (1617); Ester Sowernam, Ester hath hang'd Haman (1617); Constantia Munda, The Worming of a madde Dog (1617), Hic Mvlier (1620), Hæc Vir (1620); John Donne, Title page (A2r and ’[Paradox] VI. That it is possible to find some vertue in some Women’ (sigs C3v-C4v) in Ivvenilia (1633); John Taylor, A Iuniper Lecture (1639), The Womens sharpe revenge (1640).
Biography
Pamela J. Benson is Professor of English at Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
