An overview of women’s lives and literary culture in 17th-century England, with particular attention to writers including Mary Wroth and Aphra Behn and their place in the early modern literary tradition.
An examination of the reality of Victorian women’s lives, challenging the idealised Angel in the House stereotype and exploring women’s roles in 19th-century society.
A study of Mary Astell, often considered the first English feminist, exploring her arguments for women’s education and her place in 17th-century intellectual and religious life.