Virtue of Necessity : English women's writing, 1649-1688 by Elaine Hobby

In this fascinating survey of women's writing between 1649-88, Elaine Hobby draws on the extraordinary range of genres in which women expressed petitions, prophecies and religious writings, autobiography and biography, fiction, plays, poetry, and books on housewifery, medicine, midwifery, and education. Living under the 'necessity' of their subjection, their writings show us how these women were able to make virtue of this - to turn constraints into permissions, into little pockets of liberty or autonomy, thus constantly defining and redefining existing concepts of femininity. This 1988 Virago Softcover is in good condition.

ISBN: 9780860688310 SKU: 1491420 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

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