 | Pens and Needles: Women''s Textualities in Early Modern England Subjects: Arts English -- 16th century; Arts English -- 17th century; Material culture -- Social aspects -- England; Women -- England -- Social conditions; Art and society -- England -- History -- 16th century; Art and society -- England -- History -- 17th centur; Through an examination of the expressive arts of needlework, painting, and writing, Pens and Needles offers insights into women's lives and, in its final chapters, into literary texts such as Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline and Mary Sidney Wroth's Urania . Susan Frye is Professor of English at the University of Wyoming and author of Elizabeth I: The Competition for Representation. |
