Mihoko Suzuki sheds light on a literary tradition that seemingly holds Helen of Troy and her descendants responsible for causing epic conflicts, while it appropriates the woman's perspective as a sour
As the English Parliament rose against and overthrew the sovereign in the middle-17th century, even apprentices and women were emboldened by the collapse of tradition to petition Parliament, and the t
During the seventeenth century, in response to political and social upheavals such as the English Civil Wars, the Exclusion Crisis, and the Popish Plot, women produced a wide variety of writings in bo
This volume, now available in paperback, represents recent scholarship that has uncovered new texts as well as introduced new paradigms to further our understanding of women's literary history during
The award began in 1974, administered by the Women's Caucus for the Modern Languages, and an anthology of winning essays up to 1989 was published in 1990. Here are those from the next 15 years. The ti
Presents 11 essays exploring the construction of gender ideology in early modern England through an analysis of the querelle des femmes a debate about the relationship between the sexes that origina
This collection brings a transnational perspective to the study of early modern women rulers and female sovereignty, a topic that has until now been examined through the lens of a single nation. Contr
The essays in this volume examine the varied experiences of female rulers in early modern Europe. Cruz (Spanish, University of Miami) and Suzuki (English, University of Miami) selected the articles fr
Includes a variety of women's political writings from the Seventeenth Century. This collection highlights the principles inherent in female political action in its many and varied forms, from women's
