A Woman of Words
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11 min readAug 26, 2023
Introduction
Certain Renaissance anthologies, such as The Literature of Renaissance England, focus on the writings of men, suggesting to the novice that there are no notable female writers from the period. True, the better known works of the period were written by men, but women were represented as well. They possessed the talent but lacked the resources and encouragement more readily available to their male counterparts. Their poetry and prose continue to appear in print, but generally in women’s anthologies, as if unworthy for inclusion with the works of men.
