Female Transgression In Early Modern Britain Literary And Historical Explorations

Female Transgression In Early Modern Britain Literary And Historical Explorations
Presenting a broad spectrum of reflections on the subject of female transgression in early modern Britain, this volume proposes a richly productive dialogue between literary and historical approaches to the topic. The essays presented here cover a range of âtransgressiveâ women: daughters, witches, prostitutes, thieves, mothers/wives/murderers, violence in NW England, violence in Scotland, single mothers, women as (sexual) partners in crime. Contributions illustrate the dynamic relation between fiction and fact that informs literary and socio-historical analysis alike, exploring female transgression as a process, not of crossing fixed boundaries, but of negotiating the epistemological space between representation and documentation.
Nº de Páginas: 236
Encadernação: Capa Mole / Paperback
Tema: Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800