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Dowd, Michelle M Women's Work in Early Modern English Literature and Culture 2009 Book British History, Women's Work in History, Women and Work, History of Women and Work, Work in Literature Middle Ages, Womens Work, Early Modern, England
Citation Dowd, Michelle M 2009 Book Middle Ages Womens Work Early Modern England British History Women's Work in History Women and Work History of Women and Work Work in Literature

Women's Work in Early Modern English Literature and Culture

by Dowd, Michelle M (2009)

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Middle Ages, Womens Work, Early Modern, England

Themes

British History, Women's Work in History, Women and Work, History of Women and Work, Work in Literature

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