Women, reading, and the cultural politics of early modern England
By: Edith Snook.
Series: Women and gender in the early modern world
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.; Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Women -- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Women -- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 17th century.; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Women -- England -- Intellectual life.; Books and reading in literature.; Sex role in literature.
Description: "Edith Snook here makes an original contribution to the ongoing scholarly project of historicizing reading by foregrounding female writers of the early modern period. She explores how women's representations of reading negotiate the dynamic relationship between the public and private spheres and investigates how women might have been affected by changing ideas about literacy, as well as how they sought to effect change in devotional and literary reading practices.

Finally, because the activity of reading is a site of cultural conflict - over gender, social and educational status, and the religious or national affiliation of readers - Snook brings to light how these women, when they write about reading, are engaged in structuring the cultural politics of early modern England."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-180) and index.