Specifications
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9781526117885 |
| ISBN 10 | 1526117886 |
| Author | Jessica L Malay |
| Book Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Book Subtitle | 1590-1676 |
| Editor | Jessica L Malay |
| Book Description | Anne Clifford (1590-1676) was a prominent noble woman in the seventeenth century. During her long life she experienced the courts of Elizabeth, James and Charles I. She fought a decades long battle to secure her inheritance of the Clifford lands of the north, providing a spirited and legally robust defense of her rights despite the opposition of powerful men, including James I. She eventually inherited the Clifford lands, and she describes her subsequent struggles to reclaim her authority in these lands still mired in the civil wars. Her autobiographies reveal her joys and griefs within a vivid description of seventeenth-century life. They reveal a personality that was vulnerable and determined; charitable and canny. Her autobiographies provide a window into a vibrant world of seventeenth-century life as lived by this complex and intriguing seventeenth-century woman |
| Editorial Review | The edition succeeds in rendering the text of the Great Books far more accessible than hitherto, and so represents a significant milestone in the study of the manuscripts created under the countess's direction. Professor Malay's hope that it 'will encourage greater interest in and scholarship on Anne Clifford' will surely be realised.' David X. Carpenter, University of Oxford, EHR, February 2018 |
| About the Author | Jessica L. Malay is Professor of English Renaissance Literature at the University of Huddersfield |
| Publication Date | 04 Feb 2018 |
| Number of Pages | 336 |
Anne Clifford's Autobiographical Writing: 1590-1676 paperback english - 04 Feb 2018
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