Women Writing Back / Writing Women Back: Transnational Perspectives from the Late Middle Ages to the Dawn of the Modern Era

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Interest in early modern women writers is on the rise. However, familiarity with their works varies greatly from one country to another, and resources to assess their historical significance remain insufficient. Yet empirical evidence suggests that women writers who are no longer well-known today played surprisingly varied roles in the literary field of early modern Europe. The papers collected in this volume address early modern female authorship from the late Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century, ranging geographically from Portugal to Russia, and from Italy to Denmark. In particular, they focus on three themes: the creation of female spaces or communities; women's appropriation of existing or developing literary genres; and transnational perspectives on early modern women's writings. Contributors include: Vanda Anastacio, Bernadette Andrea, Monica Bolufer, Philiep Bossier, Hans Bots, Kathleen Garay, Nina Geerdink, Perry Gethner, Elena Gretchanaia, Ineke Janse, Madeleine Jeay, Anne-Marie Mai, Christine Mongenot, Meredith Ray, Ina Schabert, and Lynn Lara Westwater." Contents Notes on the Editors Notes on the Contributors List of Illustrations Introduction: Toward a New Conception of Women's Literary History Female Spaces, Female Communities 'To Promote God's Praise and her Neighbour's Salvation'. Strategies of Authorship and Readership among Mystic Women in the Later Middle Ages Gendering Place: The Role of Place in Anne Krabbe's Ballad Works 'To Make Frequent Assemblies, Associations, and Combinations amongst our Sex'. Nascent Ideas of Female Bonding in Seventeenth-Century England Women and Literary Sociability in Eighteenth-Century Lisbon Female Writing and the Use of Literary Byways. Pastoral Drama by Maddalena Campiglia (1553–1595) Prescriptions for Women: Alchemy, Medicine and the Renaissance Querelle des Femmes The Appropriation of the Genre of Nuptial Poetry by Katharina Lescailje (1649–1711) Madame de Maintenon au miroir de sa correspondance: réhabilitation du personnage et redécouverte d'une écriture féminine French Women Writers and Heroic Genres Transnational Perspectives The Tartar Girl, The Persian Princess, and Early Modern English Women's Authorship from Elizabeth I to Mary Wroth A Cloistered Nun Abroad: Arcangela Tarabotti's International Literary Career Traveller, Pedagogue and Cultural Mediator: Marie-Elisabeth de La Fite and her Female Context Translation and Intellectual Reflection in the Works of Enlightened Spanish Women: Inés Joyes (1731–1808) ‘Nous voudrions que les femmes s’occupent de la littérature’: Traductions des romancières françaises en Russie autour de 1800 Index Nominum