A Companion to Early Modern Women's Writing

This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student-oriented guides to the under-published field of early modern women's writing. * Brings together more than twenty leading international scholars to provide the definitive survey volume to the field of early modern women's writing * Examines individual texts, including works by Mary Sidney, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn * Explores the historical context and generic diversity of early modern women's writing, as well as the theoretical issues that underpin its study * Provides a clear sense of the full extent of women's contributions to early modern literary culture