English· 00:18:21· 7 chapters
This class project is a collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century verse by women, focusing first on women as writers. It has been coordinated by the students' teacher, Tonya Howe.
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
'The Prologue,' by Anne Bradstreet
02:41 - Chapter 2
'The Author to Her Book,' by Anne Bradstreet
02:02 - Chapter 3
'The Poetess's Hasty Resolution,' by Margaret Cavendish
01:26 - Chapter 4
'To the Fair Clarinda, Who Made Love to Me, Imagined More than Woman,' by Aphra Behn
01:44 - Chapter 5
'The Disappointment,' by Aphra Behn
06:03 - Chapter 6
'To My Lord Colrane, In Answer to His Complemental Verses Sent Me Under the Name of Cleanor,' by Anne Killigrew
02:18 - Chapter 7
'The Rights of Woman,' by Anna Letitia Barbauld
02:07