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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Illustrations viii
  4. Acknowledgements xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. Primitives, Goddesses and Aristocrats 20
  7. 2. Reading in the Not-So-Dark Ages 49
  8. 3. History, Mystery and Copying 70
  9. 4. Outside the Cloister 89
  10. 5. ‘To Reade Such Bookes . . . My Selfe to Edyfye’ 114
  11. 6. Competing for Attention 144
  12. 7. Answering Back 184
  13. 8. Books of Their Own 228
  14. 9. Nation-Building 257
  15. 10. The Modern Woman Reader 276
  16. Endnotes 295
  17. Index 310
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Illustrations viii
  4. Acknowledgements xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. Primitives, Goddesses and Aristocrats 20
  7. 2. Reading in the Not-So-Dark Ages 49
  8. 3. History, Mystery and Copying 70
  9. 4. Outside the Cloister 89
  10. 5. ‘To Reade Such Bookes . . . My Selfe to Edyfye’ 114
  11. 6. Competing for Attention 144
  12. 7. Answering Back 184
  13. 8. Books of Their Own 228
  14. 9. Nation-Building 257
  15. 10. The Modern Woman Reader 276
  16. Endnotes 295
  17. Index 310
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