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
Formats: Print
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

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