In a famous passage in A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf asked
'why women did not write poetry in the Elizabethan age'. She went
on to speculate about an imaginary Judith Shakespeare who might
have been destined for a career as illustrious as that of her
brother William, except that she had none of his chances. The truth
is that many women wrote during the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries and this collection will serve to introduce modern
readers to the full variety of women's writing in this period from
poems, prose and fiction to prophecies, letters, tracts and
philosophy. The collection begins with the poetry of Isabella
Whitney, who worked in a gentlewoman's household in London in the
late 1560s, and ends with Aphra Behn who was employed as a spy in
Amsterdam by Charles II. Here are examples of the work of twelve
women writers, allowing the reader to sample the diverse and lively
output of all classes and opinions, from artistcrats such as Mary
Wroth, Anne Clifford and Margaret Cavendish to women of obscure
background caught up in the religious ferment of the mid
seventeenth century like Hester Biddle, Pricscilla Cotton and Mary
Cole. The collection includes three plays, and a generous selection
of poetry, letters, diary, prose fiction, religious polemic,
prohecy and scienticficic speculation, offering the reader the
possibilility of tracing patterns through the works collected and
some sense of historical shifts and changes. All the extracts are
edited afresh from original sources and the anthology includes
comprehensive notes, both explanatory and textual. ABOUT THE
SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
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