Writing, Gender and State in Early Modern England: Identity Formation and the Female Subject (Repost)
Writing, Gender and State in Early Modern England: Identity Formation and the Female Subject By Megan Matchinske
1998 | 264 Pages | ISBN: 0521622549 | PDF | 15 MB
1998 | 264 Pages | ISBN: 0521622549 | PDF | 15 MB
The period from the Reformation to the English Civil War saw an evolving understanding of social identity in England. This book uses four illuminating case studies to chart a shift from mid-sixteenth-century notions of an individually generated, spiritually motivated self, to civil war perceptions of the self as a site of civil control. Each centers on the work of an early modern woman writer in the act of self-definition and authorization, illustrating the evolving relationships between public and private selves and the increasing role of gender in determining different identities for men and women.