<p><b>This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student-oriented guides to the under-published field of early modern women's writing.</b></p> <ul> <li>Brings together more than twenty leading international scholars to provide the definitive survey volume to the field of early modern women's writing</li> <li>Examines individual texts, including works by Mary Sidney, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn</li> <li>Explores the historical context and generic diversity of early modern women's writing, as well as the theoretical issues that underpin its study</li> <li>Provides a clear sense of the full extent of women's contributions to early modern literary culture</li> </ul>
