03476nam 2200685 450 991078747130332120200520144314.00-8131-8513-00-8131-5859-1(CKB)3710000000334205(EBL)1915379(SSID)ssj0001401442(PQKBManifestationID)12604398(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401442(PQKBWorkID)11364417(PQKB)11365504(OCoLC)606984893(MdBmJHUP)muse43995(Au-PeEL)EBL1915379(CaPaEBR)ebr11009833(CaONFJC)MIL690945(OCoLC)900344778(MiAaPQ)EBC1915379(EXLCZ)99371000000033420520150206h19981998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAuthority and female authorship in colonial America /William J. ScheickLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1998.©19981 online resource (164 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59663-8 0-8131-2054-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexShould women concern themselves with reading other than the Bible? Should women attempt to write at all? Did these activities violate the hierarchy of the universe and men's and women's places in it? Colonial American women relied on the same authorities and traditions as did colonial men, but they encountered special difficulties validating themselves in writing. William Scheick explores logonomic conflict in the works of northeastern colonial women, whose writings often register anxiety not typical of their male contemporaries. This study features the poetry of Mary English and Anne BradstreAmerican literatureColonial period, ca. 1600-1775History and criticismWomen and literatureUnited StatesHistory18th centuryWomen and literatureNew EnglandHistory17th centuryAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismAuthority in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistoryWomen and literatureHistoryAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Authority in literature.810.9/9287/09032William J. Scheick1492937MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787471303321Authority and female authorship in colonial America3715719UNINA