Authority and female authorship in colonial America /
Scheick, William J.
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky,
c1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-145) and index.
Authority and witchery.  Cotton Mather's manual for women ; Mary English's acrostic -- Love and anger.  Anne Bradstreet's verse letter to her husband ; Esther Edwards Burr's letter-journal -- Captivity and liberation.  Elizabeth Hanson's captivity narrative ; Elizabeth Ashbridge's autobiography -- Subjection and prophecy.  Phillis Wheatley's poetry.
American literature
Women and literature
Women and literature
American literature
Authority in literature.
Authorship.