Abstract
The resurgence of the genre of the female complaint that occurred in sixteenth-century England has been identified in contemporary critical accounts of the genre largely in terms of male impersonations of the feminine voice. Although the participation of early modem women in the genre and the potential attribution of anonymous lyrics to women authors is consistently acknowledged, their marginal positioning in the genre has led to a critical disregard of the centrality of complaint in enabling the lyric agency of the early modem woman writer.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 72-85 |
Journal | Meridian: the La Trobe University English review |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |