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WOMEN WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

by Ramona Wray

Women and literatureEnglish literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700English literature, women authorsEnglish literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismHistory

Ramona Way introduces readers to a range of writing by women across the breadth of the 17th century. In doing so, she traces the trajectory of women's writing from the first stirrings of female authorship in the late 16th century to the emergence of the professional woman writer at the Restoration.

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