How did the events of the early modern period affect the way gender and the self were represented? This collection of essays attempts to respond to this questio

The Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England is the eagerly-awaited study by the feminist scholar who was among the first to address the issue of early

'Distracted Subjects' offers a feminist analysis of early modern madness. Carol Neely reveals the mobility & heterogeneity of discourses of 'distraction', the m

Analyses the construction of gender through bodily elements and clothing in early modern England.

By taking account of the ways in which early modern women made use of formal and generic structures to constitute themselves in writing, the essays collected he