Routledge Research Companion to Early Modern Spanish Women Writers

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Research Companion to Early Modern Spanish Women WritersAuthor(s): Nieves Baranda, Anne J. Cruz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472438287, 978-1472438287\nSynopsis\nIn Spain, the two hundred years that elapsed between the beginning of the early modern period and the final years of the Habsburg Empire saw a profusion of works written by women. Whether secular or religious, noble or middle class, early modern Spanish women actively composed creative works such as poetry, prose narratives, and plays. The Routledge Research Companion to Early Modern Spanish Women Writers covers the broad array of different kinds of writings literary as well as extra-literary that these women wrote, taking into consideration their subject positions and the cultural and historical contexts that influenced and were influenced by them. Beyond merely recognizing the individual women authors who had influence in literary, .