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Author:

Frye, Susan, 1952-

Title:

Pens and needles : women's textualities in early modern England / Susan Frye.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xx, 302 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Arts, English--16th century.
Arts, English--17th century.
Material culture--Social aspects--England.
Women--England--Social conditions.
Art and society--England--History--16th century.
Art and society--England--History--17th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-290) and index.

Contents:

Political designs : Elizabeth Tudor, Mary Stuart, and Bess of Hardwick -- Miniatures and manuscripts : Levina Teerlinc, Jane Segar, and Esther Inglis as professional artisans -- Sewing connections : narratives of agency in women's domestic needlework -- Staging women's relations to textiles in Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline -- Mary Sidney Wroth : clothing romance.

Series:

Material texts

ISBN:

0812242386 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780812242386 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2010004563

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)