02657nam 2200553Ia 450 991081217580332120200520144314.00-19-772563-50-19-535933-X10.1093/oso/9780195083606.001.0001(CKB)1000000000414643(EBL)430447(OCoLC)252639944(MiAaPQ)EBC430447(OCoLC)1410955546(StDuBDS)9780197725634(EXLCZ)99100000000041464319920428d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe poems and prose of Mary, Lady Chudleigh /edited by Margaret J. M. Ezell1st ed.New York Oxford University Press19931 online resource (429 p.)Women writers in English 1350-1850Includes index.0-19-508360-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Introduction; The Ladies Defence: Or, The Bride-Woman's Counsellor Answer'd; Poems on Several Occasions; The Song of the Three Children Paraphras'd; Essays upon Several Subjects in Prose and Verse; Index of First Lines of PoemsThe first edition of the collected poetry and prose of the Restoration feminist, Mary, Lady Chudleigh (1656-1710), this volume includes 'The Ladies Defence' as well as her final prose meditations. New biographical and bibliographical information in the Introduction revises the existing accounts of her life and literary career. The volume makes available for the complete range of Chudleigh's literary experiments and calls for a reassessment of the image of the woman writer of the Restoration. A friend of John Dryden and Mary Astell, Chudleigh experimented with a variety of literary forms, from satire to biblical paraphrase, but always maintained her belief in the importance of education for women and the necessity for self-determination.Women writers in English 1350-1850.WomenEnglandLiterary collectionsWomen and literatureEnglandHistory17th centuryWomenWomen and literatureHistory828.409828/.409Chudleigh Mary LeeLady,1656-1710.907390Ezell Margaret J. M758311MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812175803321The poems and prose of Mary, Lady Chudleigh4193528UNINA