THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER-SPECIFIC AUDIENCES IN THE WORKS OF EARLY 17TH CENTURY WRITERS

• Authors: Reghina Dascăl
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

My article centres on the intricate intertwining of gender, sexuality, identity and writing in the first quarter of the 17th century, dealing with Aemilia Lanyer’s most famous work Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (1611) a cornerstone in the construction of female readership, offering at the same time an example of a collaborative rather than competitive model for literary creation, advancing the plea for a female genealogy.

Keywords

EN

female genealogy; female readership; proto-feminism; querelle des femmes; revisionism

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Gender Studies
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 213-229

Dates

published

2013-12-01

online

2014-02-14

Contributors

author

Reghina Dascăl

• West University Timișoara, Romania 4, V. Pârvan Blvd., 300223 Timișoara, Romania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/genst-2013-0013