Pens and needles : women's textualities in early modern England /

Pens and needles : women's textualities in early modern England / Susan Frye.

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Through an examination of the expressive arts of needlework, painting, and writing, Pens and Needles offers insights into women's lives and, in its final chapters, into literary texts such as Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline and Mary Sidney Wroth's Urania.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Frye, Susan, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Series:Material texts.
Subjects:
Art and society > England > History > 17th century.
Art and society > England > History > 16th century.
Women > England > Social conditions.
Material culture > Social aspects > England.
Arts, English > 17th century.
Arts, English > 16th century.
Art and society.
Arts, English.
Material culture > Social aspects.
Women > Social conditions.
England.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Note on Spelling
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Political Designs: Elizabeth Tudor, Mary Stuart, and Bess of Hardwick
  • Chapter Two. Miniatures and Manuscripts: Levina Teerlinc, Jane Segar, and Esther Inglis as Professional Artisans
  • Chapter Three. Sewing Connections: Narratives of Agency in Women's Domestic Needlework
  • Chapter Four. Staging Women's Relations to Textiles in Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline
  • Chapter Five. Mary Sidney Wroth: Clothing Romance
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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