In 16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern Women in Conversation illuminates the extent to which gender shaped conversational interaction and demonstrates the significance of conversation as a rhetorical practice for women.
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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Note on Texts and References Introduction Beyond the Humanist Dialogue: The Textual Conversations of Early Modern Women PART I: GENDERING CONVERSATION AND SPACE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND ‘Intercourses of Friendship’: Gender, Conversation, and Social Performance Markets and Thresholds: Conversation as Spatial Practice PART II: THE SIDNEYS IN CONVERSATION Speaking to God with ‘a cloven tongue’: The Sidney-Pembroke Psalter Conversational Games and the Articulation of Desire in Mary Wroth’s Love’s Victory and Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost PART III: THE CAVENDISHES IN CONVERSATION ‘The language of friendship and conversation’: Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley’s Conversational Alliances The Civil Conversations of Margaret Cavendish and Ben Jonson Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index
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Katherine R. Larson is Associate Professor of English at the University of Toronto, Canada.
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