The Polemics of Rachel Speght
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Women Writers in English 1350-1850
ISBN-10
0195086155
ISBN-13
9780195086157
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 5th, 1996
Print length
144 Pages
Weight
198 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 21.60 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Literary studies: poetry & poetsGender studies: women
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Rachel Speght (1597-?) was the first Englishwoman to identify herself as a polemicist and critic of contemporary gender ideology. This study discusses both her tract, "A Mouzell for Melastomus" (1617) and her volume of poetry, "Mortalities Memorandum, with a Dreame Prefixed" (1612).
Rachel Speght (1597?-?) is the first Englishwoman to identify herself, unapologetically and by name as a polemicist and critic of contemporary gender ideology. Her tract, A Mouzell for Melastomus (1617), is at once a spirited answer to Joseph Swetnam''s very popular treatise attacking women (1617) and also a serious effort to stake women''s claim to prevailing Protestant discourse of biblical exegesis, forcing it to yield a more expansive and more suitable concept of women''s nature and role. Her volume of poetry, Mortalities Memorandum, with a Dreame Prefixed (1612), includes a long memento mori mediation and an allegorical dream vision that recounts her own rapturous encounter with learning. Both vigorously defend women''s education and the encouragement of women''s talent.
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