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Christina Luckyj is Associate Professor of English at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
An investigation of a wide range of contemporary sources, from domestic conduct guides to emblem books, this study offers fresh perspectives on both culture and literature.
Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: 'A moving rhetoricke'1. Silence in early modern England2. Women and silence in early modern England3. Gender and silence in early modern England4. Silence in early modern women's writingEpilogue: PhilomelReferences