Authorizing Early Modern European Women: From Biography to Biofiction

The essays in this volume analyze strategies adopted by contemporary novelists, playwrights, screenwriters, and biographers interested in bringing the stories of early modern women to modern audiences. It also pays attention to the historical women creators themselves, who, be they saints or midwives, visual artists or poets and playwrights, stand out for their roles as active practitioners of their own arts and for their accomplishments as creators...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463727140
• ISBN13: 9789463727143
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 288 Pages