Aphra Behn and Oroonoko
In her poems, Aphra Behn uses the dramatic qualities of voice which gave her such great stage success. She was very pro-Stuart, which was...
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet was the first woman recognized as a New World poet. A Puritan, who uses her experiences in her poetry as a validated...
Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish was an aristocrat writer who was a go-getter so to say by publishing under her own name which was rare for women of...
Katherine Philips
Katherine Philips was famous for writing poems of love and companionship which was the norm for women during that time. In her poem...
Mary Sidney Herbert
Mary Sidney Herbert was the most important non-Royal wirter in the Elizabethean era. She succeeded in doing so by writing more...
Mary Wroth
Lady Mary Wroth was a very influential writer of her time being the first women to write a complete sonnet sequence. Really influenced by...
Queen Elizabeth and poems
During her time, Elizabeth's literary role was to shape those influenced by her image. Elizabeth was well educated and it showed in her...
Petrarch
We can clearly see in the poems that he indeed loved a woman; Then he lost her to tragedy. In Soleasi Nel Mio Cor, he states that she was...
The Wife of Bath
This story of the Wife of Bath examines the theme of female dominance. This is good viewpoint because in recent readings, women have...
Franklin's Tale
It was uncommon for equality in the medieval times, especially within a marriage. Dorigen was put in a situtaion to possibly dishonor her...
