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Based on a survey of nearly seven hundred works with female authors from this period, this book contends that authorship was constructed, not always by the author, for market appeal, that biography often supported an authorial persona rooted in the genre of the work, and that authorship was a role r...

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Main Author: Orr, Leah (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Women authors, English > 17th century.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Women authors, English > 18th century.
Authors and publishers > England > History > 17th century.
Authors and publishers > England > History > 18th century.
Écrivaines anglaises > 17e siècle.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Écrivaines anglaises > 18e siècle.
Écrivains et éditeurs > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Écrivains et éditeurs > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Renaissance.
HISTORY.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Authors and publishers
Women and literature
Women authors, English
England
Great Britain
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
1600-1799
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Based on a survey of nearly seven hundred works with female authors from this period, this book contends that authorship was constructed, not always by the author, for market appeal, that biography often supported an authorial persona rooted in the genre of the work, and that authorship was a role rather than an identity.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0192886312
9780192886316
9780191981326
019198132X
9780192886309
0192886304