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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154595703321

Titolo

'A womans answer is neuer to seke' : early modern jestbooks, 1526-1635 / / selected and introduced by Ian Munro ; general editors, Betty S. Travitsky and Anne Lake Prescott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-26357-2

1-351-96146-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 pages)

Collana

The early modern Englishwoman : a facsimile library of essential works. Series III, Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women, Part 2 ; ; Volume 8

Altri autori (Persone)

MunroIan <1967->

PrescottAnne Lake <1936->

TravitskyBetty <1942->

Disciplina

398/.2

Soggetti

Jestbooks, English

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700

Women - England - History - Renaissance, 1450-1600

Women - England - Histor - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Ashgate.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introductory note -- A, C, mery talys (1526) -- XII. mery Jests, of the wyddow Edyth (anonymous edition, 1573) / Walter Smith -- 'The fourth booke, of table philosophie' (sigs. O1-V2v), 'A table contayning the principall matters' (sigs. V3-V4v) in The schoolemaster, or Teacher of table philosophie (1576) / T[homas] T[wyne], translator [Mensa Philosophica] -- 'To the right honourable, George, Earle of Cvmberland (sig. A2-A2v), 'To the gentleman readers' (sig. A3), 'Of love and lovers' (sigs. K4-L2), "Of hvsbands, and wiving' (sigs. L2-L4), "Of women' (sigs. L4-M3v), 'Of cvckolds' (sigs. M3v-M4v) in WITS fittes and fancies (1595) / Anthony Copley, translator [Melchor de Santa Cruz] -- Westward for smelts. / written by kinde Kit of Kingstone (1620) -- Pasqvils iests : with the merriments of Mother Bunch (1635) -- The life of long Meg of Vvestminster (1635).

Sommario/riassunto

By turns witty and inane, crude and learned, scurrilous and moralistic,



jestbooks offer an important and often overlooked viewpoint on the lives of women in early modern England. This volume reproduces seven jestbooks with connections to early modern Englishwomen as well as showing something of the broad genre itself.