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Saturday, April 08, 2006 Really dead women writers
Bardiac started assembling this list of really dead women writers as a way of expanding the boundaries of the women-writers meme that Mon began--and since then a few other bloggers have pitched in.
As many of you know, I do not work on women writers. Nor do I work on anything that could remotely be considered to touch on issues of sex or gender. Nevertheless, and partly because I've been trying hard to teach a version of my period survey class that isn't ONLY full of the usual suspects, I've recently been thinking more about older female writers and I'm delighted that Bardiac got the ball rolling on this one. As it stands when last I saw it, here's the list as assembled by Bardiac, Dr. Virago, and Amanda. Bolded are the ones I've read myself (in whole or in part); my additions follow. The (draft) REALLY DEAD WOMEN WRITERS meme Aphra Behn - Oroonoko Anne Bradstreet - Collected Poems Anonymous - The Floure and the Leafe (Dr. V explains her reasoning on her blog) Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Fama y obras póstumas Christine de Pisan (aka Pizan) - The Book of the City of Ladies Julian of Norwich - Revelations of Divine Love Margery Kempe - The Book of Margery Kempe Lanyer, Aemilia - Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum Anne Locke (aka Ane Lok, etc) - A Meditation of a Penitent Sinner Marie de France - The Lais of Marie de France The Paston Women - The Paston Letters Lady Mary Wroth - Poems My contributions: Anne Askew - The Examinations of Anne Askew Mary Sidney - Psalms Anne Finch - Poems Katherine Phillips - Poems Teresa of Avila - Life If you've got more to add, drop Bardiac a line when you do so, so she can keep track of the list. 6 Comments:
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