Authority and female authorship in colonial America

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Authority and female authorship in colonial America

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William J. Scheick

Creator

• Scheick, William J

Subject

• American literature -- Colonial period
• American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism
• American literature -- Women authors
• American literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
• Authority in literature
• Authority in literature
• Authorship
• Authorship
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Electronic books
• 1600-1799
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- Women Authors
• New England
• United States
• Women and literature
• Women and literature -- New England -- History -- 17th century
• Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century
• History

Genre

• Electronic books
• History
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

Should women concern themselves with reading other than the Bible? Should women attempt to write at all? Did these activities violate the hierarchy of the universe and men's and women's places in it? Colonial American women relied on the same authorities and traditions as did colonial men, but they encountered special difficulties validating themselves in writing. William Scheick explores logonomic conflict in the works of northeastern colonial women, whose writings often register anxiety not typical of their male contemporaries. This study features the poetry of Mary English and Anne Bradstre

Cataloging source

EBLCP

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no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries