Women's Letters Across Europe, 1400 - 1700
Subtitle: Form And Persuasion (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World)
Contributors: Jane Couchman (Editor); Ann Crabb (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780754651079
Subjects: Literary studies: general; History and criticism; Europe; Literary Criticism; Women Authors; History; Letters; 15th century; 16th century; European - General; Women
First sentence: Early modern women wrote letters to family, friends, members of their larger communities, and strangers, about their immediate and long-term concerns; in doing this, they offer, however briefly and partially, a window on their worlds, the sounds of their many voices.