Scheick, William J. <br/><br/>
Authority and Female Authorship in Colonial America. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (164 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813158594 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.<br/>Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century.<br/>Women and literature -- New England -- History -- 17th century.<br/>American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.<br/>Authority in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS186.S34 1998eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810.9/9287/09032