Women writing history in early modern England / Megan Matchinske
| Author(s): | Matchinske, Megan |
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| Subjects: | English literature--Women authors--History and criticism English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism History in literature Literature and history--England Literature and history--England--17th century |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 |
| LC Classification: | P, PR |
| Table of Contents: | 1. Strategies for survival : gender, ethics and history 1 2. Truth in the telling : moral, method and history in Anne Dowriche's The French historie 20 3. Gendering Catholic conformity : equivocal history and cultural context in Elizabeth Grymeston's Miscelanea 45 4. From here to 'henceforth' : history, gender and identity in the diary writings of Lady Anne Clifford 74 5. Receptive readers : dissimulation and historical truth in Mary Carleston's bigamy trials 103 6. The 'dying-tale' : history and the ethics of action 136 Notes 158 Bibliography 210 Index 237 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2009004676 ISBN: 9780521508674 (hardback : alk. paper) ISBN: 0521508673 (hardback : alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-236) and index |
| Physical Description: | ix, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 286432469 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780521508674 0521508673 |