Dido's daughters
Subtitle: literacy, gender, and empire in early modern England and France
By: Margaret W. Ferguson.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
Subjects: European literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.; French literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- England.; Women and literature -- France.; Women -- Education -- England.; Women -- Education -- France.
Description: Our common definition of literacy is the ability to read and write in one language. Margaret Ferguson reveals in this text that this is inadequate, because it fails to help understand heated conflicts over literature during the emergence of print culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-483) and index.