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- catalog abstract "Colonial American women relied on the same male authorities and traditions as did colonial men. As a result, they encountered special difficulties validating themselves in writing. In Authority and Female Authorship in Colonial America, William Scheick explores logonomic conflict in the works of northeastern colonial women, whose writings often register anxiety not typical of their male contemporaries. This book features the poetry of Mary English and Anne Bradstreet, the letter-journals of Esther Edwards Burr and Sarah Prince, the autobiographical prose of Elizabeth Hanson and Elizabeth Ashbridge, and the political verse of Phillis Wheatley. These works, along with the writings of other colonial women discussed, provide especially noteworthy instances of bifurcations emanating from American colonial women's conflicted confiscation of male authority. Scheick reveals subtle authorial uneasiness and subtextual tensions caused by the attempt to draw legitimacy from male authorities and traditions.".
- catalog alternative "Authority and female authorship".
- catalog contributor b10679125.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Authority and witchery. Cotton Mather's manual for women ; Mary English's acrostic -- Love and anger. Anne Bradstreet's verse letter to her husband ; Esther Edwards Burr's letter-journal -- Captivity and liberation. Elizabeth Hanson's captivity narrative ; Elizabeth Ashbridge's autobiography -- Subjection and prophecy. Phillis Wheatley's poetry.".
- catalog description "Colonial American women relied on the same male authorities and traditions as did colonial men. As a result, they encountered special difficulties validating themselves in writing. In Authority and Female Authorship in Colonial America, William Scheick explores logonomic conflict in the works of northeastern colonial women, whose writings often register anxiety not typical of their male contemporaries. This book features the poetry of Mary English and Anne Bradstreet, the letter-journals of Esther Edwards Burr and Sarah Prince, the autobiographical prose of Elizabeth Hanson and Elizabeth Ashbridge, and the political verse of Phillis Wheatley. These works, along with the writings of other colonial women discussed, provide especially noteworthy instances of bifurcations emanating from American colonial women's conflicted confiscation of male authority. Scheick reveals subtle authorial uneasiness and subtextual tensions caused by the attempt to draw legitimacy from male authorities and traditions.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-145) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 150 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Authority and female authorship in colonial America.".
- catalog identifier "0813120543 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Authority and female authorship in colonial America.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "Authority and female authorship in colonial America.".
- catalog spatial "New England".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "810.9/9287/09032 21".
- catalog subject "American literature Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature Women authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Authority in literature.".
- catalog subject "Authorship.".
- catalog subject "PS186 .S34 1998".
- catalog subject "Women and literature New England History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature United States History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature United States History 18th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Authority and witchery. Cotton Mather's manual for women ; Mary English's acrostic -- Love and anger. Anne Bradstreet's verse letter to her husband ; Esther Edwards Burr's letter-journal -- Captivity and liberation. Elizabeth Hanson's captivity narrative ; Elizabeth Ashbridge's autobiography -- Subjection and prophecy. Phillis Wheatley's poetry.".
- catalog title "Authority and female authorship in colonial America / William J. Scheick.".
- catalog title "Authority and female authorship".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".