Cultural History of Women in the Renaissance

Karen Raber is Professor of English at the University of Mississippi, USA. She is author of Dramatic Difference: Gender, Class and Genre in the Early Modern Closet Drama, and editor of several books on women writers, animals, and early modern ecology.

• A Cultural History of Women in the Renaissance, Edited by Karen RaberIntroductionThe Life Cycle: Stephanie Tarbin, Department of History, University of Western Australia, AustraliaBodies and Sexuality: Mara Amster, Department of English, Randolph College, USAReligion and Popular Beliefs: Megan Hickerson, Department of History, Henderson State University, USAMedicine and Disease: Margaret Healy, Department of English, University of Sussex, UKPublic and Private: Danielle Clark, Department of English, University College Dublin, UKEducation and Work: Kari Boyd McBride, Department of Women's Studies, and Meg Lota Brown, Department of English, both University of Arizona, USAPower: Holly Hurlburt, Department of History and Women's Studies Program, Southern Illinois University, USAArtistic Representation: Mary Rogers, Independent Scholar, UK