Authority and Female Authorship in Colonial America.
Scheick, William J.
Authority and Female Authorship in Colonial America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (164 pages)
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Authority -- Authorship -- Literacy -- Strangers in a Strange Land -- Purview -- 1. Authority and Witchery -- Cotton Mather's Manual for Women -- Mary English's Acrostic -- 2. Love and Anger -- Anne Bradstreet's Verse Letter to Her Husband -- Esther Edwards Burr's Letter-Journal -- 3. Captivity and Liberation -- Elizabeth Hanson's Captivity Narrative -- Elizabeth Ashbridge's Autobiography -- 4. Subjection and Prophecy -- Phillis Wheatley's Poetry -- Goliath and Garth -- Isaiah LXIII. 1-8 -- On Being Brought from Africa to America -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.
9780813158594
American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Women and literature -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Authority in literature.
Electronic books.
PS186.S34 1998eb
810.9/9287/09032
Authority and Female Authorship in Colonial America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (164 pages)
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Authority -- Authorship -- Literacy -- Strangers in a Strange Land -- Purview -- 1. Authority and Witchery -- Cotton Mather's Manual for Women -- Mary English's Acrostic -- 2. Love and Anger -- Anne Bradstreet's Verse Letter to Her Husband -- Esther Edwards Burr's Letter-Journal -- 3. Captivity and Liberation -- Elizabeth Hanson's Captivity Narrative -- Elizabeth Ashbridge's Autobiography -- 4. Subjection and Prophecy -- Phillis Wheatley's Poetry -- Goliath and Garth -- Isaiah LXIII. 1-8 -- On Being Brought from Africa to America -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.
9780813158594
American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Women and literature -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Authority in literature.
Electronic books.
PS186.S34 1998eb
810.9/9287/09032