Virtue of necessity : English women's writing, 1649-1688
Hobby, Elaine, 1956-1988
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In this survey of the work of 200 women writing between 1649-88, the author draws on the range of genres in which women expressed themselves. It includes petitions, prophecies, religious writings, autobiography, fiction, plays, poetry and books on housewifery, medicine and midwifery.
Main title:
Virtue of necessity : English women's writing, 1649-1688 / by Elaine Hobby.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Virago, 1988.
Collation:
[352]p. ; 22cm.
ISBN:
9780860688310 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
532733