LEADER 03476nam 2200685 450 001 9910821098503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8513-0 010 $a0-8131-5859-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334205 035 $a(EBL)1915379 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001401442 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12604398 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401442 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11364417 035 $a(PQKB)11365504 035 $a(OCoLC)606984893 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43995 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915379 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11009833 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690945 035 $a(OCoLC)900344778 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915379 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334205 100 $a20150206h19981998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAuthority and female authorship in colonial America /$fWilliam J. Scheick 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1998. 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (164 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-59663-8 311 $a0-8131-2054-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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"" 327 $a""On Being Brought from Africa to America""Conclusion; Works Cited; Index 330 $aShould 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 Bradstre 606 $aAmerican literature$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aWomen and literature$zNew England$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAuthority in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAuthority in literature. 676 $a810.9/9287/09032 700 $aWilliam J. Scheick$01649413 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821098503321 996 $aAuthority and female authorship in colonial America$93998135 997 $aUNINA