Shakespeare's sisters : how women wrote the Renaissance
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Edition
First United States edition.
ISBN
9780525658030, 9781984899514
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
CHELAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
821.309 TARGOFF
1 available
821.309 TARGOFF
1 available
WENATCHEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
821.309 TARGOFF
1 available
821.309 TARGOFF
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Cary, Elizabeth, -- Lady, -- 1585 or 1586-1639 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Lanyer, Aemilia -- Criticism and interpretation.
Literary criticism.
Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, -- Countess of,|d1590-1676|xCriticism and interpretation.
Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, -- Countess of,|d1561-1621|xCriticism and interpretation.
Renaissance -- England.
Lanyer, Aemilia -- Criticism and interpretation.
Literary criticism.
Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, -- Countess of,|d1590-1676|xCriticism and interpretation.
Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, -- Countess of,|d1561-1621|xCriticism and interpretation.
Renaissance -- England.
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Format
Book
Edition
First United States edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780525658030, 9781984899514
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"A remarkable work about women writers in the Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period and brings us in close to four women who were committed to their craft before there was any possibility of "a room of one's own." In a sparkling and engaging narrative of everyday life in Shakespearean England, Ramie Targoff carries us from the sumptuous coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the mid 16th century into the private lives of four women writers working without acknowledgment at a time when women were legally the property of men. Some readers may have heard of Mary Sidney, accomplished poet and sister of the famous Sir Philip Sidney, but few will have heard of Amelia Lanyer, the first woman to publish a book of poetry in the 17th century, which offered a feminist take on the crucifixion, or Elizabeth Cary, who published the first original play by a woman, about the plight of the Jewish princess Mariam. Then there was Anne Clifford, a lifelong diarist, who fought for decades against a patriarchy that tried to rob her of her land, in one of England's most infamous inheritance battles. These women had husbands and children to care for and little support for their art, yet against all odds they defined themselves as writers, finding rooms of their own whose doors had been shut for centuries. Targoff flings them open to uncover the treasures left by these extraordinary women by helping us see the period in a fresh light and by supplying an expanded reading of history and a much-needed female perspective on life in Shakespeare's day"--|cProvided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Targoff, R. (2024). Shakespeare's sisters: how women wrote the Renaissance (First United States edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Targoff, Ramie. 2024. Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Targoff, Ramie. Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Targoff, Ramie. Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance First United States edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
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