Isabella Whitney: Poems by a Sixteenth-Century Gentlewoman, Maid, and Servant
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Edited collection of all poems by or attributed to Isabella Whitney, a young lady who travelled to find work in London in the 1560s where she published two poetry miscellanies. Her poetry speaks to issues of class and gender in the growing publishing world of London, and the challenges for a woman to enter into this space. The volume and commentary highlight Whitney's engagement with writers from Ovid to Gascoigne to Surrey as she actively engages classical and contemporary writers in her own writings.
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Book
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Publisher
Iter Press
