Women, property, and the letters of the law in early modern England / / edited by Nancy E. Wright, Margaret W. Ferguson, A.R. Buck |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.93522 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
Women and literature - England - 16th century Women and literature - England - 17th century Women and literature - England - 18th century Women - Legal status, laws, etc - England - History Women - England - History - Modern period, 1600- Law and literature - History - 16th century Law and literature - History - 17th century Law and literature - History - 18th century Right of property - England - History Property in literature Law in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-99431-6
9786611994310 1-4426-8360-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Credit, Commerce, and Women's Property Relationships -- 1. Temporal Gestation, Legal Contracts, and the Promissory Economies of The Winter's Tale / Parker, Patricia -- 2. Putting Women in Their Place: Female Litigants at Whitehaven, 1660-1760 / Churches, Christine -- 3. Women's Property, Popular Cultures, and the Consistory Court of London in the Eighteenth Century / Lemmings, David -- 4. The Whore's Estate: Sally Salisbury, Prostitution, and Property in Eighteenth-Century London / Rosenthal, Laura J. -- Part Two: Women, Social Reproduction, and Patrilineal Inheritance -- 5. Primogeniture, Patrilineage, and the Displacement of Women / Murray, Mary -- 6. Isabella's Rule: Singlewomen and the Properties of Poverty in Measure for Measure / Korda, Natasha -- 7. Marriage, Identity, and the Pursuit of Property in Seventeenth-Century England: The Cases of Anne Clifford and Elizabeth Wiseman / Chan, Mary / Wright, Nancy E. -- 8. Cordelia's Estate: Women and the Law of Property from Shakespeare to Nahum Tate / Buck, A.R. -- Part Three: Women's Authorship and Ownership: Matrices for Emergent Ideas of Intellectual Property -- 9. Writing Home: Hannah Wolley, the Oxinden Letters, and Household Epistolary Practice / Summit, Jennifer -- 10. Women's Wills in Early Modern England / Davis, Lloyd -- 11. Spiritual Property: The English Benedictine Nuns of Cambrai and the Dispute over the Baker Manuscripts / Walker, Claire -- 12. The Titular Claims of Female Surnames in Eighteenth-Century Fiction / Shevlin, Eleanor F. -- 13. Early Modern (Aristocratic) Women and Textual Property / Salzman, Paul -- Afterword / Grazia, Margreta De -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456328103321 |
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women, property, and the letters of the law in early modern England / / edited by Nancy E. Wright, Margaret W. Ferguson, A.R. Buck |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.93522 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
Women and literature - England - 16th century Women and literature - England - 17th century Women and literature - England - 18th century Women - Legal status, laws, etc - England - History Women - England - History - Modern period, 1600- Law and literature - History - 16th century Law and literature - History - 17th century Law and literature - History - 18th century Right of property - England - History Property in literature Law in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc. Sources. Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-99431-6
9786611994310 1-4426-8360-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Introduction / Nancy E. Wright, Margaret W. Ferguson -- Temporal gestation, legal contracts, and the promissory economies of The winter's tale / Patricia Parker -- Putting women in their place : female litigants at Whitehaven, 1660-1760 / Christine Churches -- Women's property, popular cultures, and the consistory court of London in the eighteenth century / David Lemmings -- The whore's estate : Sally Salisbury, prostitution, and property in eighteenth-century London / Laura J. Rosenthal -- Primogeniture, patrilineage, and the displacement of women / Mary Murray -- Isabella's rule : singlewomen and the properties of poverty in Measure for measure / Natasha Korda -- Marriage, identity, and the pursuit of property in seventeenth-century England : the cases of Anne Clifford and Elizabeth Wiseman / Mary Chan, Nancy E. Wright -- Cordelia's estate : women and the law of property from Shakespeare to Nahum Tate / A.R. Buck -- Writing home : Hannah Wolley, the Oxinden letters, and household epistolary practice / Jennifer Summit -- Women's wills in early modern England / Lloyd Davis -- Spiritual property : the English Benedictine nuns of Cambrai and the dispute over the Baker manuscripts / Claire Walker -- The titular claims of female surnames in eighteenth-century fiction / Eleanor F. Shevlin -- Early modern (aristocratic) women and textual property / Paul Salzman -- ; Afterword / Margreta de Grazia. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780528003321 |
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women, property, and the letters of the law in early modern England / / edited by Nancy E. Wright, Margaret W. Ferguson, A.R. Buck |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.93522 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
Women and literature - England - 16th century Women and literature - England - 17th century Women and literature - England - 18th century Women - Legal status, laws, etc - England - History Women - England - History - Modern period, 1600- Law and literature - History - 16th century Law and literature - History - 17th century Law and literature - History - 18th century Right of property - England - History Property in literature Law in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc. Sources. Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-99431-6
9786611994310 1-4426-8360-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Introduction / Nancy E. Wright, Margaret W. Ferguson -- Temporal gestation, legal contracts, and the promissory economies of The winter's tale / Patricia Parker -- Putting women in their place : female litigants at Whitehaven, 1660-1760 / Christine Churches -- Women's property, popular cultures, and the consistory court of London in the eighteenth century / David Lemmings -- The whore's estate : Sally Salisbury, prostitution, and property in eighteenth-century London / Laura J. Rosenthal -- Primogeniture, patrilineage, and the displacement of women / Mary Murray -- Isabella's rule : singlewomen and the properties of poverty in Measure for measure / Natasha Korda -- Marriage, identity, and the pursuit of property in seventeenth-century England : the cases of Anne Clifford and Elizabeth Wiseman / Mary Chan, Nancy E. Wright -- Cordelia's estate : women and the law of property from Shakespeare to Nahum Tate / A.R. Buck -- Writing home : Hannah Wolley, the Oxinden letters, and household epistolary practice / Jennifer Summit -- Women's wills in early modern England / Lloyd Davis -- Spiritual property : the English Benedictine nuns of Cambrai and the dispute over the Baker manuscripts / Claire Walker -- The titular claims of female surnames in eighteenth-century fiction / Eleanor F. Shevlin -- Early modern (aristocratic) women and textual property / Paul Salzman -- ; Afterword / Margreta de Grazia. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819242503321 |
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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