Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION xiii
5. PART I: “The sturdy foundations”
6. ONE. Learning and Virtue: Margaret More Roper 3
7. TWO. A Challenge to Authority: Anne Askew 29
8. THREE. Building the City: Women Writers of the Reformation 48
9. FOUR. Piety and Poetry: Isabella Whitney, Anne Dowriche, Elizabeth Colville, Rachel Speght 87
10. PART II: “Mighty towers and strong bastions”
11. FIVE. The Divine Poet: Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke 121
12. SIX. The Making of a Female Hero: Joanna Lumley and Elizabeth Cary 151
13. SEVEN. The Feminization of Praise: Aemilia Lanyer 177
14. EIGHT. Heroic Virtue: Mary Wroth's Urania and Pamphilia to Amphilanthus 208
15. PART III: “Lofty walls all around”
16. NINE. Redeeming Eve: Defenses of Women and Mother’s Advice Books 247
17. AFTERWORD 286
18. ABBREVIATIONS 287
19. NOTES 288
20. LIST OF WORKS BY WOMEN, 1521–1624 335
21. Index 339
22. Backmatter 347