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BL
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1048040
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b802410
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| Main Entry
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Seelig, Sharon Cadman.
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| Title & Author
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Autobiography and gender in early modern literature : : reading women's lives, 1600-1680 /\ Sharon Cadman Seelig.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2006.
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1 online resource (ix, 214 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511160186
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: 0511160755
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: 0511161468
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: 0511312237
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: 0511483961
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: 1107155894
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: 128043693X
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: 9780511160189
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: 9780511160752
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: 9780511161285
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: 9780511161469
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: 9780511312236
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: 9780511483967
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: 9781107155893
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: 9781280436932
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0521856957
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9780521856959
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: mapping the territory; chapter 1 Margaret Hoby: the stewardship of time; chapter 2 The construction of a life: the diaries of Anne Clifford; chapter 3 Pygmalion's image: the lives of Lucy Hutchinson; chapter 4 Ann Fanshawe: private historian; chapter 5 Romance and respectability: the autobiography of Anne Halkett; chapter 6 Margaret Cavendish: shy person to Blazing Empress; Conclusion: "The Life of Me"; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Early modern autobiographies and diaries provide a unique insight into women's lives and how they represented themselves. Combining a fresh account of the development of autobiography with close reading, this important contribution to the fields of early modern literary studies and gender studies illuminates the interactions between literature and autobiography.
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| Subject
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Autobiography-- Women authors.
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Autobiography-- Women authors.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- General.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Literary.
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| Dewey Classification
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809.93592072
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| LC Classification
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PR756.A9S44 2006eb
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