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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154993903321

Autore

Ortunez de Calahorra Diego

Titolo

Margaret Tyler / / selected and introduced by Kathryn Coad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-351-91990-3

1-315-24972-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 pages)

Collana

The Early Modern Englishwoman : A Facsimile Library of Essential Works, Part 1: Printed writings, 1500-1640 ; ; Volume 8

Altri autori (Persone)

CoadKathryn

TylerMargaret <active 1580.>

Disciplina

820.80928709031

Soggetti

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1996 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface by the general editors -- Introductory note -- The mirrour of princely deedes and knighthood.

Sommario/riassunto

The biography of Margaret Tyler remains speculative. It is known that she served the Howard family (Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk) in some capacity. Her level of education has been described as 'amazing' for a woman who was outside of the aristocracy and possibly a middle-class servant. Her translation (published 1579 or 1580) of Diego Ortún]ez de Calahorra's romance, Espejo de principes y cavalleros, Part I, from the original Spanish, marks not only a notable moment in book history but also the beginning of the popularity and availability of continental romance in England. Tyler was the first woman to publish a romance in England and the first English translator to work from the original Spanish. Because of the negative association of women with romance (considered a masculine domain) and the general cultural restrictions on female authorship, Tyler's bold defence of her translation in the dedication and preface is remarkable, and as it is the earliest Englishwoman's defence of women's literary work, it has sometimes earned her the title of the first English feminist.