Female Transgression in Early Modern Britain: Literary and Historical Explorations

Presenting a broad spectrum of reflections on the subject of female transgression in early modern Britain, this volume proposes a richly productive dialogue between literary and historical approaches to the topic. The essays presented here cover a range of 'transgressive' women: daughters, witches, prostitutes, thieves; mothers/wives/murderers; violence in NW England; violence in Scotland; single mothers; women as (sexual) partners in crime. Contributions illustrate the dynamic relation between fiction and fact that informs literary and socio-historical analysis alike, exploring female transgression as a process, not of crossing fixed boundaries, but of negotiating the epistemological space between representation and documentation.

Author: Richard Hillman,Pauline Ruberry-Blanc
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/19/2016
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9781138248687

About the Author
Richard Hillman is Professor of English, Centre d'Ã0/00tudes Supérieures de la Renaissance, Université François-Rabelais de Tours/CNRS, France. Pauline Ruberry-Blanc is Senior Lecturer in English, Centre d'Ã0/00tudes Supérieures de la Renaissance, Université François-Rabelais de Tours/CNRS, France.