Authority & Female Authorship

By William J. Scheick

"""Required reading for scholars in the period."-Year's Work in English Studies Should women concern themselves with reading other than the Bible? Should women attempt to write at all? Did these activities violate the hierarchy of the universe and men's and women's places in it? Colonial American women relied on the same authorities and traditions as did colonial men, but they encountered special difficulties validating themselves in writing. William Scheick explores logonomic conflict in the wo

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813120543
• ISBN13: 9780813120546
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher