Renaissance Woman: A Sourcebook (Constructions of Femininity in England) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415120462 ISBN 13: 9780415120463

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

Renaissance Woman: A Sourcebook is an invaluable collection of accounts of women and femininity in early modern England. The volume is divided thematically into nine sections, each with an accessible introduction, notes on sources and an annotated bibliography. The sections are:
* Theology
* Biology
* Conduct
* Sexuality and Motherhood
* Politics and Law
* Education
* Work
* Writing and Speaking
* Feminism
Renaissance Woman: A Sourcebook brings together sources ranging from medical documents and political pamphlets to sermons and the Bible, as well as literary sources. Providing a historical context to issues of gender in the Renasissance, it will be essential reading for students of the period, gender studies and cultural history.

About this title

About the Author:

Kate Aughterson is lecturer in English at the University of Central England.

Review:

' ... a welcome textbook and a valued addition to the scholar's shelf.' - Janis Butler Holm, Ohio University

'Renaisance Women: A Sourcebook will nodoubt prove invaluable to the student market amd contains much to interest all those concerned with gender and print culture.' - Gender and History Book Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0415120462
• ISBN 13: 9780415120463
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Aughterson Kate