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Aemilia Lanyer (1569-1645) was the first woman poet in England who sought status as a professional writer. Her book of poems is dedicated entirely to women patrons. It offers a long poem on Christ's passion, told entirely froma woman's point of view, as well as the first country house poem published in England. Almost completely neglected until very recently, her work changes our perspective on Jacobean poetry and contradicts the common assumption that women wrote nothing of serious interest until much later. Mistress and friend of influential Elizabethan courtiers, Lanyer gives us a glimpse of the ideas and aspirations of a talented middle class Renaissance woman. ... Read more

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Refreshing Woman Writer of the Renaissance
In Aemilia Lanyer's only volume of published poems, SALVE DEUS REX JUDAORUM, this Renaissance author uses beautifully crafted poetry to defend women against prevailing negative female stereotypes of the time.In"Eve's Apology," this portion of the poem is spoken from thepoint of view of Pontius Pilate's wife, who is begging for the life ofChrist.She explores who really bares the guilt in original sin.She ispassionate, yet uses reason in her argument (something women were notthought cabable of doing) and makes her point that any guilt all women maybear in original sin will be far overshadowed by the guilt men, in turn,may bear for Pilate's order to execute Christ.

In addition, in "Tothe Virtuous Reader", Lanyer states that her purpose in writing is topraise women, and to make it known that they are not all lazy, gossiping,lecherous, deceitful, or stupid as most men of the time supposed.Sheincludes a list of virtuous womento encourage and praise other women touse them as exemplum.If you are interested at all in a female writer'sperspective on Renaissance ideas, I highly recommend Aeilia Lanyer'sbeautiful poetry. ... Read more

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This volume brings together two of the earliest women writers. Elizabeth Cary's (1585-1639) "The Tragedie of Mariam" is one of the first in English known to be the work of a woman writer. Aemilia Lanyer (1569-1645) came from a class of artisans and civil servants dependant on court and aristocratic patronage. She wrote professionally, though only the strongly feminist "Salve Deus Rex Judaorum" (1611) was published. ... Read more

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Isabella Whitney is the earliest Englishwoman known to have written original secular poetry in English for publication. "The Copy of a Letter" contains four poems written in the personae of persons jilted in love. The only known copy of this volume is held at the Bodleian Library and is reproduced here. Whitney's second collection "A Sweet Nosgay" contains poetry in traditional stanzas and in prose format. Reproduced here is the unique copy held at the British Library. "The French Historie" by Anne Dowriche takes as its subject three events from the religious wars in France. Reproduced here is the copy of "The French Historie" held at the Huntington Library and appended are two short poems thought to be hers. "Ane Godlie Dreame, Compylit in Scottish Meter" is Elizabeth Melville's first-person account of a pilgrim who is guided through the afterworld. While many of the variations in the different editions are merely accidental, there are some substantial changes.As an aid to bibliographic study of the poem therefore, copies of the following four editions are reproduced here: 1603 National Library of Scotland; 1604 National Library of Scotland; 1606 Huntington Library; 1620 British Library. Aemilia Lanyer was the first woman writing in English to produce a substantial volume of poetry designed to be printed and to attract patrongage. "The Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum" was published in 1611 and is arguably the first genuinely feminist publication in England. The edition reproduced here is held at the Huntington Library. Rachel Speght is best known for her responses to the anti-woman tracts that formed a distinct genre in the Tudor and Stuart periods. These are reproduced in Part One of the "Early Modern Englishwoman" series. Her other published work is the poetry reproduced in this volume "Mortalities Memorandum" (1621), consisting of the title poem (dealing with the personal reality of death) preceded by "A Dreame", an allegory describing her thirst for learning. The text reproduced here is held by the Huntington Library. Very little is known of Diana Primrose."A Chaine of Pearle" is the gift of a pearl necklace, consisting of ten pearls (poems), from Primrose to all noble ladies and gentlewomen. Reprinted here is the Huntington Library copy. ... Read more

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A Book of Essays.
If you don't know who Aemilia Lanyer was, please read about her or better yet read her works.She lived in London during the 1600s and was of Jewish-Italian descent.She became the mistress to Lord Chamberlain and may well have been Shakespeare's "dark lady".The most amazing and fabulous thing she did was publishe poems.Her poem "Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum" is a bold, well written poem and defends women of negative stereotypes which have been forced upon them since Eve.In "Eve's Apology," this portion of the poem is spoken from the point of view of Pontius Pilate's wife, who is begging for the life of Christ. She explores who is really guilty in original sin.

The essays in this book written about Lanyer and her works tell of her life and poetry and sheds new light on gender and class identity.Her male contemporaries at the time were John Donne, Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare.

The experts who write the essays for this book have done their research and make good, convincing arguments.I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to understand Lanyer more thoroughly. ... Read more

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Theresa DiPasquale's study of John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, and John Milton demonstrates how each of these seventeenth century English poets revised, reformed, and renewed the Judeo-Christian tradition of the sacred feminine. All three poets are deeply invested in the ancient, scripturally authorized belief that the relationship between God and humankind is gendered: God is father, bridegroom, king; the human soul and the Church as corporate entity are daughter, bride, and consort. All three poets, DiPasquale demonstrates, thus engage in literary projects that modify, expand upon, challenge, or rethink the natures of men and women, the duties and privileges of the female sex, and the essential role played by feminine powers and influences in healing the sin-forged rift between God and humanity. ... Read more

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Aemilia Bassano Lanyer published poetry to and for women in 1611, at the height of the largely misogynistic reign of James I. Her verse compliments and extends our view of her contemporaries, such as Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson, and Donne, whose work in turn provides a context for her unique and engaging voice. This book situates Lanyer within the rich tradition of Jacobean poetry. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Shakespeare Studies, published by Associated University Presses on January 1, 2000. The length of the article is 2937 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Aemilia Lanyer: Gender, Genre, and the Canon.(Review) (book review)
Author: Karen Robertson
Publication: Shakespeare Studies (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2000
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Title: Refiguring the Sacred Feminine: The Poems of John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, and John Milton.(Book review)
Author: William Tate
Publication: Christianity and Literature (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2009
Publisher: Conference on Christianity and Literature
Volume: 59Issue: 1Page: 129(4)

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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on September 22, 1996. The length of the article is 744 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Poems of Aemilia Lanyer: Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum.
Author: Cynthia E. Garett
Publication: Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1996
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Volume: v49Issue: n3Page: p666(2)

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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on December 22, 1999. The length of the article is 1166 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Aemilia Lanyer: Gender, Genre and the Canon.(Review)
Author: Carole Levin
Publication: Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1999
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
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Combining the approaches of historic scholarship and post-structural, feminist psychoanalytic theory to late 16th- and early 17th-century poetry by women, this book aims to make a unique contribution to the field of the study of early modern women's writings. One of the first to concentrate exclusively on early modern women's poetry, the full-length critical study to applies post-Lacanian French psychoanalytic theory to the genre. The strength of this study is that it merges analysis of socio-political constructions affecting early modern women poets writing in England with the psychoanalytic insights, specific to women as subjects, of post-Lacanian theorists Luce Irigaray, Helen Cixous, Julia Kristeva, and Rosi Braidotti. ... Read more