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Early Modern Literature in History
Writing Rape, Writing Women in Early Modern England: Unbridled Speech
This comprehensive study of rape and representation, now available in paperback, considers a wide range of texts drawn from prose fiction, poetry and drama by male and female writers, both canonical and non-canonical, demonstrating how the representation of gender relations has exploited the subject of rape.
305 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1999
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September 15, 2017
A survey-based book rather than one presenting an analytical argument. Catty has done an excellent job of uncovering the prevalence of rape as a trope in early modern literature, and does a service with the foregrounding of works from outside of the canon. The first section looks at male-authored rape narratives, the second at female-authored. Not much analysis here but some suggestive indicators and much material for further research.
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