The Polemics and Poems of Rachel Speght

Name: The Polemics and Poems of Rachel Speght
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Rachel Speght (1597?-?) is the first Englishwoman to identify herself, unapologetically and by name, as a polemicist and critic of contemporary gender ideology. Her tract, A Mouzell for Melastomus (1617), is at once a spirited answer to Joseph Swetnam's very popular treatise attacking women (1617) and also a serious effort to stake women's claim to prevailing Protestant discourse of biblical exegesis, forcing it to yield a more expansive and more suitable concept of women's nature and role. Her volume of poetry, Mortalities Memorandum, with a Dreame Prefixed (1612), includes a long memento mori meditation and an allegorical dream vision that recounts her own rapturous encounter with learning. Both vigorously defend women's education and the encouragement of women's talent.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 144
Release Date:: 1996-06-20
Publication Date:: 1996-07-01
Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0195086147
ISBN13:: 9780195086140
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 322 g
Height:: 14.5 cm
Width:: 22.2 cm
Thickness:: 1.2 cm

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