Ashgate Critical Essays on Women Writers in England, 1550-1700

Volume 6: Elizabeth Cary

Karen Raber editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:19th Aug '09

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Elizabeth Cary's Tragedy of Mariam, the first original drama written in English by a woman, has been a touchstone for feminist scholarship in the period for several decades and is now one of the most anthologized works by a Renaissance woman writer. Her History of ... Edward II has provided fertile ground for questions about authorship and historical form. The essays included in this volume highlight the many evolving debates about Cary's works, from their complicated generic characteristics, to the social and political contexts they reflect, to the ways in which Cary's writing enters into dialogue with texts by male writers of her time. In its critical introduction, the volume offers a thorough analysis of where Cary criticism has been and where it might venture in the future.

ISBN: 9780754661009

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 3000g

596 pages