Female Communities, 1600-1800
Subtitle: Literary Visions and Cultural Realities
Contributors: Nicole Pohl (Editor); Rebecca D'Monte (Editor)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: July 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780312230210
Subjects: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Women Authors; Feminist; Women's Studies - General; English Renaissance Literature (1500-1700); Women In English Literature; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; 17th century; 18th century; Early modern, 1500-1700; English literature; Great Britain; History; History and criticism; Women and literature
Description: "This collection of essays explores for the first time both fictional and actual visions by early modern women of female communities in Great Britain. These projections of ideal worlds speak of women's social and political impotence and are thus concerned with fundamental issues of power and access to knowledge and space. They are characterized by a utopian concept of community, bringing with it associations of sisterhood, support networks, female friendships and companionship, be they between sisters, queen and attendants, writers, readers, or lesbian lovers."--Jacket.