- Brings together more than twenty leading international scholars to provide the definitive survey volume to the field of early modern women's writing
- Examines individual texts, including works by Mary Sidney, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn
- Explores the historical context and generic diversity of early modern women's writing, as well as the theoretical issues that underpin its study
- Provides a clear sense of the full extent of women's contributions to early modern literary culture