Table of Contents
Introduction Chronology
1588 Elizabeth I, Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
1589 Jane Anger, from Her Protection for Women
1592 Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, from A Discourse of Life and Death
1593 Elizabeth I, Speech at the Dissolving of Parliament
1601 Elizabeth I, The Golden Speech
1602 Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, "A Dialogue between two shepherds, Thenot and Piers, in Praise of Astraea"
1611 Aemilia Lanyer, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
1613 Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry
1617 Rachel Speght, from A Muzzle for Melastomus
1621 Lady Mary Wroth, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
1630 Diana Primrose, from A Chain of Pearl
1642 Anne Stagg, et al., A True Copy of the Petition of Gentlewomen, and Tradesmen's Wives
1648 Elizabeth Poole, A Vision: Wherein is Manifested the Disease and Cure of the Kingdom
1654 Anna Trapnel, Strange and Wonderful News from Whitehall
1663 Mary Carleton, from The Case of Mary Carleton
1667 Katherine Philips, from Poems
1668 Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, The Convent of Pleasure
1673 Bathsua Makin, from An Essay to Revive the Ancient Education of Gentlewomen
1678 Anne Bradstreet, from Several Poems
1688 Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave
1688 Aphra Behn, The Widow Ranter, or The History of Bacon in Virginia
Notes Biographical Notes Bibliography Index of themes
