Susan Frye
Pens and Needles
- ISBN 13:
- 9780812222524
- author:
- Susan Frye
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 344
- Dimensions:
- 178 mm X 254 mm
- Genre:
- Art
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Pens and Needles explores the diverse forms of women's textualities in early modern England, where needlework and painting were highly valued skills. Susan Frye examines how these arts of self-expression were used as means of communication and identity formation.
From notes in samplers to commissioned artwork, Frye considers a range of visual and written texts created by women, including those from royal courts and the English colonies. She reveals how these forms of expression allowed women to connect with one another and shape their own identities within various social and cultural contexts.
This book offers new insights into women's lives and literary works such as Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline, as well as Mary Sidney Wroth's Urania. By examining the intersections between art, literature, and everyday life, Pens and Needles provides a nuanced understanding of early modern English culture.
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