Routledge Printed Writings, 1500-1640 (Part 1): A Facsimile Library of Essential Works

Printed Writings 1500-1640, Series I, Part One consists of ten volumes of writings by and about early modern Englishwomen. The set comprises the following titles: Volume 1: Anne Askew Volume 2: Literary Works by and attributed to Elizabeth Cary Volume 3: Katherine Parr Volume 4: Defences of Women: Jane Anger, Rachel Speght, Ester Sowernam and Constantia Munda Volume 5: Susanne DuVerger Volume 6: Mary Sidney Herbert Volume 7: Alice Sutcliffe Volume 8: Margaret Tyler Volume 9: Anne Wheathill Volume 10: Mary Wroth Review 'this...collection admirably achieves its stated purpose. Recommended for upper division undergraduate and graduate libraries maintaining comprehensive early modern collections' Choice 'Travitsky and Cullen have done scholarship a service by making available facsimile editions of some eighteen published texts written or translated by early modern English women...contents are rich...physically beautiful pieces of work.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'These facsimiles will be invaluable both to scholars seeking to retrace an editor's logic,...bear witness to the excitement, energy, and careful labor that has been devoted to the resurrection of these works by early modern women...[and] represent an astonishing alteration of the field of early modern studies.' Renaissance Quarterly Synopsis The discovery and re-examination of women authors has been a key part of early modern women's studies, but a major problem has been the inaccessibility of the texts themselves. This series is designed to make available a comprehensive collection of writing in English from 1500 to 1700, both by women and for and about them. Each text is preceded by a short introduction providing an overview of the life and work of the writer, along with a survey of important relevant scholarship. The series is in two parts, covering the periods 1500 to 1640, and 1641 to 1700. It is complemented by a separate facsimile series of essential works and original monographs. About the Author Betty S. Travitsky, Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA and Patrick Cullen, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, USA