Beschreibung:
This 2007 book explores the work of women writers in the early modern British Atlantic world.
Introduction: 'A place on the map is also a place in history'; 1. 'The rich store-house of her memory': the metaphors and practices of memory work; 2. 'Writing things down has made you forget': memory, orality and cultural production; 3. Recollecting women from early modern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; 4. 'Shedding teares for England's loss': women's writing and the memory of war; 5. Atlantic removes, memory's travels; Conclusion; Bibliography.