Gloriana's Face: Women, Public and Private, in the English RenaissanceS. P. Cerasano, Marion Wynne-Davies Ten feminist-materialist explorations of the oppression of women in England from the early Renaissance to the 1650s, draw on women's place in courtesy books, royal office, drama, and other social, political, and literary arenas. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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