Women Writers in Renaissance England (2nd ed.)

Of all the new developments in literary theory, feminism has proved to be the most widely influential, leading to an expansion of the traditional English canon in all periods of study. This book aims to make the work of Renaissance women writers in English better known to general and academic readers so as to strengthen the case for their future inclusion in the Renaissance literary canon.This lively book surveys women writers in the sixteenth century and early seventeenth centuries. Its selecti