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Women's work in early modern English literature and culture

by Michelle M. Dowd · 2009

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Dowd investigates literature's engagement with the gendered conflicts of early modern England by examining the narratives that seventeenth-century dramatists created to describe the lives of working women.

HistoryEnglish literatureLiterature and societyWork in literatureHistory and criticismWorking class women in literatureLabor in literatureWorking class womenSocial conditionsHousekeeping in literatureWomenMemorial bookplates