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Women and Romance Fiction in the English Renaissance

Women and Romance Fiction in the English Renaissance

Hackett, Helen

Hardcover

Literary CriticismGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 0521641454
ISBN13: 9780521641456
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 28 2000
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book traces the progress of Renaissance romance from a genre addressed to women as readers to a genre written by women. Exploring this crucial transitional period, Helen Hackett examines the work of a diverse range of writers from Lyly, Rich and Greene to Sidney, Spenser and Shakespeare. Her book culminates in an analysis of Lady Mary Wroth's Urania (1621), the first romance written by a woman, and considers the developing representation of female heroism and selfhood, especially the adaptation of saintly roles to secular and even erotic purposes.

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