"Isabella Whitney is the earliest Englishwoman known to have written original secular poetry in English for publication. The Copy of a Letter contains four poems written in the personae of persons jilted in love. The only known copy of this volume is held at the Bodleian Library and is reproduced here. Whitney’s second collection A Sweet Nosgay contains poetry in traditional stanzas and in prose format. Reproduced here is the unique co ..."
"In 1615, Joseph Swetnam's virulent pamphlet "The Arraignment of lewd, idle, froward and unconstant women" caused great controversy. The original text and the replies are brought together here for consideration."
"Rachel Speght was the first Englishwoman to identify herself, unmistakably and by name, as a polemicist and critic of contemporary gender ideology. This edition includes her foray into the Jacobean gender wars and her collected poems. Speght's tract, A Mouzell for Melastomus (1617), is at once a spirited answer to Joseph Swetnam's attack on women and a serious effort to stake women's claim to the prevailing Protestant discourse of bibli ..."
"Rachel Speght was the first Englishwoman to identify herself, unmistakably and by name, as a polemicist and critic of contemporary gender ideology. This edition includes her polemical foray into the Jacobean gender wars and her collected poems. Speght's tract, A Mouzzell for Melastomus (1617), is at once a spirited answer to Joseph Swetnam's attack on women and a serious effort to stake women's claim to the prevailing Protestant discour ..."
"Rachel Speght. 37 38 39 Notes to the Marginalia Number 19. Philogunes: lover
of women. care: for the married ... could not choose one that was upright: what s[h
]ould wee silly men hope for a good woman in these our latter dayes. ... Had theie
[continued as theie weare at the first created, they had binn excellent: butt the
manie are soe chaunged in face, that you shall scarse knowe them from a Pal?]"
"Rachel Speght Barbara Kiefer Lewalski. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The
collaborative effort that is the Women Writers Project thrives on the contributions
of all its members. Ongoing thanks are due to Brown University and its
administrators, especially President Vartan Gregorian, Provost Frank Rothman,
Dean of the Faculty Bryan Shepp, and Vice President Brian Hawkins. Members of
the Brown English Department, particularly Elizabeth Kirk, Stephe ..."
Defences of Women(1st Edition) Jane Anger, RachelSpeght, Ester Sowernam and Constantia Munda,: Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 4 (The ... Writings, 1500–1640: Series I, Part One) by Susan Gushee O'malley , Patrick Cullen , Betty S. Travitsky , Professor Patrick Cullen Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 1996 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-85928-095-9, ISBN: 1-85928-095-1