Burke Burke Victoria Elizabeth - Early modern womens manuscript writing: selected papers from the Trinity/Trent Colloquium

Because print publishing was often neither possible nor desirable for women in the early modem period, in order to understand the range of writing by women and indeed women's literary history itself, it is important that scholars consider women's writing in manuscript. Since the body of critical studies on women's writing for the most part prioritizes print over manuscript, this essay collection provides an essential corrective. The essays in this volume discuss many of the ways in which women participated in early modern manuscript culture. The manuscripts studied by the contributors originated in a wide range of different milieux, including the royal Court, the universities, gentry and aristocratic households in England and Ireland, and French convents. Their contents are similarly varied: original and transcribed secular and devotional verse, religious meditations, letters, moral precepts in French and English, and recipes are among the genres represented. Emphasizing the manuscripts' social, political and religious contexts, the contributors challenge commonly held notions about women's writing in English in the early modem period, and bring to light many women whose work has not been considered before.

Victoria E. Burke is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Jonathan Gibson has held lectureships in English at Queen Mary, University of London and the universities of Exeter and Durham. He is currently Research Fellow at the Perdita Project, University of Warwick.

Selected Papers from the Trinity/Trent Colloquium

Edited by
Victoria E. Burke
University of Ottawa
Jonathan Gibson
The Perdita Project, University of Warwick

First published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Early modern women's manuscript writing : selected papers from the Trinity/Trent colloquium
1. English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism Congresses 2. English literature Women authors History and criticism Congresses 3. Manuscripts, English History 16th century Congresses 4. Manuscripts, English History 17th century Congresses 5. Women and literature Great Britain History 16th century Congresses 6. Women and literature Great Britain History 17th century Congresses
I. Burke, Victoria E. II. Gibson, Jonathan, 1965
820.9'9287'09031

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Early modern women's manuscript writng : selected papers from the Trinity/Trent Colloquium / edited by Victoria E. Burke and Jonathan Gibson
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7546-0469-1 (alk.paper)
1. English literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticism. 2. Women and literatureGreat BritainHistory16th century. 3. Women and literautreGreat BritainHistory17th century. 4. English literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism. 5. Transmission of textsGreat BritainHistory16th century. 6. Transmission of textsGreat BritainHistory17th century. 7. Literature publishingGreat BritainHistory. 8. Authors and readersGreat BritainHistory. 9. Books and readingGreat Britain-History. 10. ManuscriptsGreat Britain. I. Burke, Victoria E. II. Gibson, Jonathan.

PR113.E26 2004
820.9'9287'09031dc22

2003065371

ISBN 13: 978-0-7546-0469-3 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-1-138-25748-1 (pbk)