Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing (2026 ed.)

Rosalind Smith,Patricia Pender

ISBN13: 9783031550256

Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan

Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

Format: Hardback

Published: 25/04/2026

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Description
This encyclopedia on early modern women’s writing from the English Reformation to the Restoration  focuses on writing by or attributed to women, written in or translated into English, in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Europe, and the Americas.  It is designed to provide coverage of six established chronological periods: - Early Tudor (1526-1557), Elizabethan (1558-1603), Jacobean (1603-1625), Caroline (1625-1649), English Civil War & Interregnum (1642-1660), and Restoration (1660-1688). With over 400 entries, the encyclopedia is organised through broad theoretical, material, generic, and thematic categories, as well as by period.
Genres: Prose.- Genres: Poetry.- Genres: Poetry.- Materialities: Manuscript.- Period: Jacobean.- Period: English Civil War and Interregnum.- Period: Restoration.- Transmission.- The Material Book: Materialities.- Period: Early Tudor (1526-1557).- International Contexts: National Traditions and Transnational Networks.- Period: Elizabethan (1558-1603).- Materialities: Print.- Theories: Position and Debates.- Sites of Production.- Period: Caroline.- Cultural Contexts.
  • Literature & literary studies
  • Literary studies: general
  • Professional & Vocational
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