Woman's Labour

AvMary Collier

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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When Stephen Duck's The Thresher's Labour was published in 1730, it was a sensation - but Mary Collier was astounded to read Duck's dismissal of women, and she penned a stinging riposte, which reframed Duck's relation of harvest-time toil from a woman's perspective. This edition includes Duck's The Thresher's Labour and other pieces by Collier.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-02-24
Mått:198 x 129 x 8 mm
Vikt:104 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:64
Förlag:Renard Press Ltd
ISBN:9781913724344

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Mary Collier (c.1688–1762) was an English poet and labourer. Born in Midhurst, West Sussex to poor parents, she was educated at home, and went on to become a washerwoman, brewer and manual labourer. She is best known today for her stinging riposte to Stephen Duck's portrayal of working-class women in his The Thresher's Labour, which she had published herself as The Woman's Labour.

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'Collier’s writing… represents an instance of resistance to oppression both gendered and class-based.' (Donna Landry, The Muses of Resistance)

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'The Woman’s Labour' by Mary Collier: 'Advertisement', 'The Woman’s Labour', 'The Three Wise Sentences Taken fromThe First Book of Esdras'; 'The Thresher’s Labour' by Stephen Duck; 'An Elegy Upon Stephen Duck' by Mary Collier; 'An Epistolary Answer to an Exciseman Who Doubted Her Being the Author' by Mary Collier; Notes; Note on the Text