Women and Romance Fiction in the English Renaissance
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780521031547
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries; Women Authors; Social Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Sociology; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English fiction--Early modern, 1500-1700--His; English fiction--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / Women Authors; Literary Criticism-English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Social Science / Gender Studies; Gender Studies
First sentence: Various kinds of evidence support the view of Louis Wright and others that the commercial success of Renaissance romances was attributable to a new female readership.