Female Transgression In Early Modern Britain Literary And Historical Explorations
Richard Hillman
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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....
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....
Female Transgression In Early Modern Britain Literary And...
Resumo
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
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
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Taylor & Francis
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Inglês
- Número de páginas
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236,0
- Data de lançamento
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19/10/2016
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340,19
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1
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9781138248687
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