Women Writing in a Time of War, 1642-1689

Women Writing in a Time of War, 1642-1689 examines the stereotype of the apolitical woman who was nevertheless valuable as a messenger or secret agent during the English civil wars because her imagined lack of political acumen obscured her partisan behaviour.

Info autore

Karen Britland is Halls-Bascom Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has published widely on early modern drama and women's writing, most recently on the early life of the playwright Aphra Behn. She is a general editor for the Revels Plays series and has also edited a number of early modern plays. She is currently working on an edition of Shakespeare's Richard II for the Arden Shakespeare series.

Riassunto

Women Writing in a Time of War, 1642-1689 examines the stereotype of the apolitical woman who was nevertheless valuable as a messenger or secret agent during the English civil wars because her imagined lack of political acumen obscured her partisan behaviour.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Karen (Halls-Bascom Professor Britland, Britland Karen, Karen Britland
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 26.06.2025
• Categoria: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica
• EAN: 9780198946557
• ISBN: 978-0-19-894655-7
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Categorie: England, Poetry, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), English Civil War, Civil wars, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), POETRY / Subjects & Themes / War, HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars