Female communities, 1600-1800
Group identity in literature
English literature (collections)
Community life
Women and literature
Women authors
English literature
Women
History and criticism
History
"This collection of essays explores for the first time both fictional and actual visions by early modern women of female communities in Great Britain. These projections of ideal worlds speak of women's social and political impotence and are thus concerned with fundamental issues of power and access …
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