The Politics of Female Alliance in Early Modern England

The Politics of Female Alliance in Early Modern England
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9781496202789
ISBN-13 : 1496202783
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Book Synopsis The Politics of Female Alliance in Early Modern England by : Christina Luckyj

Download or read book The Politics of Female Alliance in Early Modern England written by Christina Luckyj and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 Best Collaborative Project from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women In the last thirty years scholarship has increasingly engaged the topic of women's alliances in early modern Europe. The Politics of Female Alliance in Early Modern England expands our knowledge of yet another facet of female alliance: the political. Archival discoveries as well as new work on politics and law help shape this work as a timely reevaluation of the nature and extent of women's political alliances. Grouped into three sections--domestic, court, and kinship alliances--these essays investigate historical documents, drama, and poetry, insisting that female alliances, much like male friendship discourse, had political meaning in early modern England. Offering new perspectives on female authors such as the Cavendish sisters, Anne Clifford, Aemilia Lanyer, and Katherine Philips, as well as on male-authored texts such as Romeo and Juliet, The Winter's Tale, Swetnam the Woman-Hater, and The Maid's Tragedy, the essays bring both familiar and unfamiliar texts into conversation about the political potential of female alliances. Some contributors are skeptical about allied women's political power, while others suggest that such female communities had considerable potential to contain, maintain, or subvert political hierarchies. A wide variety of approaches to the political are represented in the volume and the scope will make it appealing to a broad audience.


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