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Women, Race', and Writing in the Early Modern Period is an extraordinary achievement. Superbly edited by two of the leading scholars in Renaissance studies, the volume is a brilliant, interdisciplinary examination of one of the most neglected areas in current scholarship. Using literary, historical, anthropological and medical materials, the contributors explore an important intersection within the major era of European imperial expansion. The volume looks at: The conditions of women's writing and the problems of female authorship in the period The tensions between recent feminist criticism and the questions of race', empire and colonialism The relationship between the early modern period, post-colonial theory and recent African writing Women, Race', and Writing in the Early Modern Period contains ground-breaking work by some of the most exciting scholars in contemporary criticism and theory. It will be vital reading for anyone working or studying in the field.

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