Description
This volume reproduces twenty short texts written by named and unnamed women in the years 1641-1700. These texts, selected and introduced by various hands, are grouped in thematic clusters for the reader's ease - poetry on religion, on politics, on society, on domestic/social affairs and on mourning. The poems are arranged chronologically within each cluster. The volume closes with Anne Wentworth's pamphlet England's Spiritual Pill.
Table of Contents
Contents: Preface by the General Editors; Introductory Notes; Poetry on Religion by Anne Wentworth, Elizabeth Rone, Mary Wells and Elizabeth Tipper; Poetry on Politics by Rachel Jevon, Mrs A. M, Young Lady; Poetry on Society by Mrs A. K. and Lady of Honour; Poetry on Domestic/Social Affairs by Elizabeth With, Young Lady and Mary Evelyn; Poetry on Mourning by Miss Pretty (Elizabeth Collett), Young Lady of Quality, Young Lady and Gentlewoman of Quality, Appendix, Anne Wentworth's 'England's Spiritual Pill'.
