02925nam 2200661Ia 450 991097197390332120251116153250.09786612501968978019157324801915732489780191722011019172201497812825019661282501968(MiAaPQ)EBC7039095(CKB)24235079200041(MiAaPQ)EBC485725(Au-PeEL)EBL485725(CaPaEBR)ebr10365178(CaONFJC)MIL250196(OCoLC)550570796(Au-PeEL)EBL7039095(EXLCZ)992423507920004120091013d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWomen, writing, and language in early modern Ireland /Marie-Louise Coolahan1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press2010294 p. ill9780199567652 Includes bibliography: p. [261]-283 and index.Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on the Text -- Introduction -- 1. Poetry in Irish -- 2. Irish Nuns' Writing: The Poor Clares -- 3. Petition-letters -- 4. 1641 Depositions -- 5. Poetry in English -- 6. Autobiography -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.This book discusses women's writing in early modern Ireland. It explores the ways in which women contributed to the power struggles of the period; how they strove to be heard, forged space for their voices, and engaged with new and native language-traditions to produce poetry, petition-letters, depositions, and autobiography.Authors, IrishHistory and criticismEnglish literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismEnglish literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismWomen and literatureIrelandHistory16th centuryWomen and literatureIrelandHistory17th centuryIrelandIntellectual life16th centuryIrelandIntellectual life17th centuryAuthors, IrishHistory and criticism.English literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistoryWomen and literatureHistory820.992870941509031Coolahan Marie-Louise1814514MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971973903321Women, writing, and language in early modern Ireland4368461UNINA