The module asks you to combine literary-critical insight with an understanding of the notion of ‘the book’ in the early modern period and your answer should take this into account.
QUESTION:give me leave to wish, that those of nearest Relation, as Wives, Sisters, & Daughters, may employ their time no worse then in honest, Innocent, and harmless Fancies; which if they do, Men shall have no cause to fear, that when they go abroad in their absence, they shall receive an Injury by their loose Carriages. Neither will Women be desirous to Gossip abroad, when their Thoughts are well employed at home.
(Margaret Cavendish)
How important is gender to an understanding of the production, circulation, and/or reception of early modern literature?
use both readings and both critical essays in your response
